Boris must bore for Britain till he wins — and then shine like Tennyson’s dragonfly
Boris Johnson is doing as well as I hoped and better than I expected. On this page at the beginning of August last year I was presumptuous enough to offer some advice for the man who looked certain to be the Conservative candidate for Mayor of London, but less likely than he does today to get the job.
Not that he will have lost any sleep over such advice. Boris isn’t the type to pore over comment pages, thank God. He doesn’t give two hoots what people like me think. Besides, what I recommended was hardly original. But it was right, and reflected advice from many other quarters, including inside his team. Most importantly, it probably reflected advice from inside his own head.
It was this.
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