In
politics, where to be caught in a
lie is not necessarily harmful to one’s career. Generally requires prejudice, frustration and credulousness on the part of the population, a shallow
talent pool and a helpful media.
Like Goneril and
Regan competing to offer false compliments to Lear, they used the BoJo factor to cover the leader they had doomed with hypocritical praise
The BoJo factor was clearly at
work when he was given the
post of Foreign Secretary, much to the amazement of the rest of the world