Born in New York, he is a provocative maverick with whom the political establishment is ill at ease. He is a colorful, charismatic, undiplomatic, burly individual with a shock of blond seemingly uncontrollable hair, who has difficulty in keeping his mouth shut. He glories as a showman with a talent for theatrics in the culture of spectacle, and has cultivated the image of a bumbling clown. He was a working, and highly paid, journalist and editor for many years, and appeared on a considerable number of TV programs. He is said to be undisciplined, sometimes lazy, unfamiliar with details of issues, seen by some as a politician lacking seriousness, prone to make gaffes, opportunistic, with ambitions to become head of the government of his country, even though he has not previously held a ministerial post. His former political colleague deserted him on the grounds he was unfit for high office. Yes, this is Boris Johnson, the 52-year-old Conservative leader of the Brexites who won the...(Read Full Article)