Bye Bye BoJo: Did the British Public Turn A Blind Eye To His Lies?
Ten days ago, Boris Johnson - finally - resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The man who seemed unsinkable no matter how many icebergs he hit, finally had to call it quits and announced his resignation on July 7th after almost three years spent in the top job. Although resignation became increasingly inevitable for BoJo, as, over the course of 2022, he gradually lost the confidence of his party and the British electorate, what is arguably more surprising is how long he lasted in office. It was a web of lies and complete disregard for rules that became his undoing. But that same web of lies and attitude is what arguably allowed him to cruise up the higher echelons of British politics. Very early on, Boris Johnson proved himself to be a person who was above the rules. His Eton school boy days were marred with tales of a sense of superiority, a total disregard for rules and refusal to accept responsibility for his actions. At Oxford, he became involved in various controvers
