‘It’s never his fault’: The lies that paved Boris Johnson’s rise and fall - Sydney Morning Herald

As a young journalist, Johnson was sacked for inventing a quote from his godfather, the historian Sir Colin Lucas. His next furphies established a pattern.

Johnson, schooled at Eton and Oxford, had made a name for himself in the media, but when he was still in his early 30s he told friends he wanted more. For someone who had declared at the age of eight… [+8575 chars]

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