Why Boris Johnson’s opponents keep failing

Which Boris Johnson should Labour fight? There is little doubt about the personality traits most left-wing activists think they have detected in the Prime Minister and which motivate them to campaign tirelessly for his removal from office.

The Johnson they are fighting is a cruel and dastardly right-wing serial liar who wins elections by pulling the wool over the eyes of the voters. A British Trump, in other words.

One social media activist is very proud that his video of the PM ‘lying’ to the Commons and elsewhere has 32 million views. But one wonders how many of those views came from people who were not already convinced Boris-haters?

In fact, many of the ‘lies’ documented in the video concern mere exaggerations or disputed interpretations. For example, the PM is shown referring at one point to bringing back the nurses’ bursary when it was a less generous maintenance grant that was re-introduced.

Then there is Boris the heartless who wants to cut Income Support by £20 a week and who resisted the sainted Marcus Rashford on free meals for poor kids.