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Johnson was always an inverted pile of piffle. The fact he became PM of this country tells you everything about this country. And yes it was a minority of voters but he shouldn’t have even been on a ballot for a local council.

And the blame lies squarely on the press.

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and the BBC - he found his 'fame' and popularity on the show Have I Got News For You where they gave him carte blanch to perform [on multiple occasions] his bumbling clown act.

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Good stuff as ever, Mic. In this through-the-looking-glass world it’s important to be reminded that it was more then a tiny number of us who knew Johnson was a wrong’un all along.

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The worst thing is that his approach is so calculated and brazen, yet so many fell for it. And, seemingly, still give him the benefit of the doubt.

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It was obvious he has a lying piece of shit but he was amusing so the media just kept giving him a platform. Same with Farrage and all the other shitbags.

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Great article.

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