Dear James,
Small gestures give away much. Did you see Boris at the Press briefing with European Commission President, Ursula Von der Leyen, after their fruitless last minute talks last Wednesday? As both removed their masks before the press, Boris, sporting a new and, for once, tidy hair cut, immediately and reflexively thrust his fingers through his mop, ruffing it up into standard ‘devil may care Boris’. Here we saw the brand at work. The superficial ‘seductive charm’ of populist leaders as they lead the gullible towards the cliff edge. Boris, the entertainer, the superficial chancer who takes nothing seriously except his own ego, was in his element as he prepared to inflict appalling damage upon our nation and its people. Boris is full of such reflexes that tell us all we need to know about the man.
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