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Just fine: Boris Johnson and “partygate”

The Intelligence from The Economist

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What Does That Mean for British Politics?

Boris Johnson has shrugged off every scandal before this one. He's inoculated against scandal because people think that he is just like that. The irst thing you can be in politics, strangely, is a hypocrite. If not only can there be a prime minister who is an honest liar, but he can turn out to be wildly successful in the face of scandal like this, it is not good for briton.

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