Taking potshots at Boris

Will Boris Johnson be damaged by Matthew Parris’s withering attack on him?

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Creeping ambition in a jester's cap: Boris woos the pink vote

Will Boris Johnson be damaged by Matthew Parris's withering attack on him? I doubt it. The Times columnist and former Tory MP certainly didn't pull his punches. Boris might be "a joke", he raged, but the idea of his leading the party certainly wasn't. "Incompetence is not funny A careless disregard for the truth is not funny. Advising old mates planning to beat someone up is not funny. Creeping ambition in a jester's cap is not funny. Vacuity posing as merriment, cynicism posing as savviness, a wink and a smile covering for betrayal these things are not funny."

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