Boris Johnson, the prime minister who can’t say no

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The most important part of the top job is to shield the vast power and resources at its disposal from lobbyists, hangers-­on and peddlers of bad ideas

With hindsight, perhaps. Nothing could be more out of character for Mr Johnson than to order aides to drain their glasses and get back to their desks. His career has been marked by an eagerness to be liked, aided by an indifference to truth and a belief that rules are for others. Bombastic on the campaign trail, in private he is conflict-averse.

Mr Johnson’s inability to say No lies behind a trio of scandals. In August British troops helped airlift dozens of cats and dogs during the evacuation of Kabul. Ben Wallace, the defence secretary, had refused to take them, and in the dash to retreat many Afghans eligible for rescue were left behind. Mr Wallace was overruled; diplomats and soldiers were incensed. Dominic Dyer, an animal campaigner, claimed he had lobbied the prime minister’s wife, his friend.

As for the parties, there is as yet no evidence that Mr Johnson organised them. Rather, his allies’ defence is that he was incapable of saying No to his own office. During one lockdown, Mrs Johnson threw him a birthday party in the Cabinet room. “He was, in a sense, ambushed with a cake,” said Conor Burns, a Johnson loyalist.

 

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There are always scandals

She should announce her resignation, there is a lot of reaction, it poses a risk

All his problems are a result of 'NO INTEGRITY'.

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