Boris Johnson’s Terrible, Good Column

The thing is, Johnson can write. He’s no worse, and in fact often better at the sentence level, than most other people who have columns in broadsheet newspapers in this country. The reason he shouldn’t have a column isn’t because he can’t write: It’s because he can. And he has always used those powers for evil. His way with words and ability to crack a joke is what led him to television. It’s arguably the skill that allowed him to weasel all the way into Number 10, with disastrous consequences.

This is a man who has proved, time and again, that he can’t be trusted, that his primary drive is for personal glory and self-preservation. So the fact that he once again has a platform through which he can try to convince the public that he is a good bloke is regrettable.

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