Boris Johnson: The Inevitable Consequence of Conservative Rule

Boris Johnson was the inevitable result of conservative rule since 2010, writes Liz Bates. Cameron and Osborne are as complicit in any of this as anyone else is, she says. They cut a huge amount of public spending to do a deal with the right of his party,. So he called the Brexit referendum which opened the door for Boris Johnson to become prime minister. The fact that Osborne is out there commenting on Johnson, he's like, "I swear to God, if I was George Osborne, I would sow my lips shut"

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