If I had been given a monkey for every time someone had told me knowledgeably that Boris Johnson was a comical buffoon unfit for high office, I’d be able to open a very large ape house.
It annoys me not just because it’s not true but also because of what it says about the stupidity of the chattering classes and the potency of received ideas.
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