The real victor of these local elections? Boris Johnson. According to Oscar Wilde, the only thing in life worse than being talked about, is not being talked about. It’s a sign of Boris Johnson’s skill in attracting headlines that even as the Conservatives suffer a shellacking at the local elections, his being turned away from a polling station for failing to bring ID – a new requirement under a law he introduced – is still a leading news story.
Angry Tories are staying at home – and swing voters are devoting in droves
In a career pockmarked by marital imbroglios, cake ambushes, and faulty zipwires, this doesn’t reach the top 20 of the ex-prime minister’s most notable embarrassment. While LBC’s James O’Brien puts on his tinfoil hat to speculate about a pre-planned, limelight-hunting brain fade, Johnson’s mistakes strike me as more cock-up than conspiracy. Either way, he has a much better reason to be smug today.
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