Boris Johnson, Britain’s Donald Trump, could become prime minister with ‘Brexit’ vote
The verbose, charmingly unkempt Johnson, 52, has been described as Britain’s Donald Trump; he’s stoked anti-immigrant hate and shown little regard for the truth during the “Brexit” campaign.
.. American Erik Bidenkap, who’s working in London, says the similarities between Trump’s presidential campaign in the U.S. and the “Brexit” campaign in the U.K. are stark. “In America, politicians are saying, ‘We’re losing to China, we’re losing to Mexico, they’re stealing our jobs,'” Bidenkap told NPR. “Here in Great Britain, same thing.
.. No one who’s followed Johnson’s career is surprised by his rhetoric. The former journalist has always had a tetchy relationship with the truth.
.. Johnson “has managed to use his disarranged, slightly comical hair as a helmet, shielding him from more serious scrutiny. It lets him come across as an unconventional politician…”