I remember reading a Times interview with Boris Johnson, the Tory MP. The interviewer remarked that Boris seemed to have defied the Tall Poppy Syndrome - he had been built up by the press but he hadn’t been chopped down yet.
Well someone’s taken a scythe to the shadow Arts minister and he’s just been sacked from the Tory front bench.
It seems a bit ridiculous, Boris is one of the Conservative party’s best assets, but then denials of extramarital affairs seem to be a sticking point for Conservatives. They evidently don’t limit their fervent calls for resignation to just Bill Clinton following such scandals. No doubt Major would have been ousted had the Edwina Currie story leaked during his leadership.
Spurious sackings aside, I doubt this is the last we’ll see of Boris, he’s too strong a character to be kept down.
Later
John
Posted by John Swaine at November 14, 2004 01:42 AM | TrackBack