Boris ‘Teflon’ Johnson’s rise shows how our ruling classes are not fit for purpose | Aeron Davis
Johnson blustered his way to the top with lies and bravado, but the decline of expertise and knowledge stretches much further
How has Boris Johnson come to be in charge? Even committed Conservatives must have been asking this over their cornflakes as they watched their indefatigable leader being overpowered by a mop. They may happily overlook the casual racism, the sexism and the gaffes. But how can a man who can’t count his own children (or mistresses) or stick to a core party policy become prime minister? How can a deeply untrusted person, who cynically ignores the rules of public life, present as the de facto leader of the British establishment?
Perhaps the more important question is what does Johnson’s elevation say about the political and electoral conditions that have enabled his kind to rise ever upwards?