09-07-2018 20:37 via theguardian.com

Yet again, Boris Johnson has exposed himself as a self-serving charlatan | Ian Birrell

The foreign secretary’s resignation shows he is lacking in any principles in his determination to get the top jobThe resignation of Boris Johnson as foreign secretary serves as a perfect metaphor for the tragedy and hypocrisy of Brexit. Here is the Old Etonian who placed himself at the helm of the people’s uprising against the establishment, but only after hesitating about which side to join.He once posed as a liberal, but now positions himself as a populist leader of hard-right nati
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