Which bit of him being a proven deceitful charlatan is out of bounds...and we know that he is self-serving as, for example, he only chose between Leave and Remain when he decided which route would best serve his own ends. I consider it perfectly acceptable to call someone out for what I consider deceits and lies when these deceits and lies impact the lives of others to the poorer.
Can't disagree with much of that Hugh.
Here's a thought. In America they have a President that originally wanted to be put forward by one party but when that didn't happen he jumped buses to the other party to satisfy his own personal ambitions. In the UK there is a Prime Minister who was a Remainer but jumped to being a Leaver to satisfy his own ambitions. In America they have a President who lies and fires off incendiary media messages. And in the UK there's a Prime Minister, sacked from a high profile job for lying and not afraid to fire off "letter box" racist comments. In America they have a President who doesn't seem capable of grasping the depth of situations, and the UK has a govt led by someone that doesn't seem capable of strong leadership in times of crisis.
Earlier in the thread I've called Boris Trump-lite. I've not seen much to change that view.
In the UK so many people see Trump for what he is, a dangerous liar and bully yet so many of those people can't see the same in Boris. The lazy lies, the incendiary newspaper articles he penned. The backstabbing his way to the top and, at times, a leadership that seems lacking in detail and substance.
Thankfully the UK's system of govt means it isn't quite the politics by personality that the US enjoys but it is worrying to see that someone of Johnson's character can make it to the top. But let's not conflate supporting a party to supporting its leader. The run up to the last election saw voters leaving Labour because of a distrust in Corbyn. Lets just hope that if the Tories do win another term it isn't with Trump-lite at the helm.