Alan Matthews 🇬🇧 🇪🇺Jun 15, 2023

Rt Robert Saunders @redhistorian
I agree with #AnthonySeldon about the damage #BorisJohnson has done and his unfitness for public office.

But there's a question he doesn't address here, which needs more attention.

It troubled me about his book, too. So let me try to explain... 🧵
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@redhistorian: I agree with Anthony Seldon about the damage Boris Johnson has done and his unfitness for public office. But there's a question he doesn't address here, which needs more attention. It troubled me abou...…

CheshireJun 3, 2023
https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/george-parker-reviews-johnson-10
#AnthonySeldon
#BorisJohnson
Brutal: George Parker reviews 'Johnson at 10'

Giving credit where it’s due, though unsparing in their analysis of his flaws, Anthony Seldon and Raymond Newell have produced the most comprehensi...

Politics Home
CheshireMay 24, 2023
Johnson at 10 by Anthony Seldon and Raymond Newell review – the great pretender
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/24/johnson-at-10-by-anthony-seldon-and-raymond-newell-review-the-great-pretender?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#AnthonySeldon
#BorisJohnson
Johnson at 10 by Anthony Seldon and Raymond Newell review – the great pretender

A howl of scholarly frustration at a prime minister out of his depth

The Guardian
CheshireMay 13, 2023
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/boris-johnson-brexit-anthony-seldon-b2337126.html
#BorisJohnson
#BrexitShambles
#AnthonySeldon
The real ‘Boris effect’? Johnson fiddled while Britain burned

Billed as the great, blond hope of British politics, his premiership was a tragedy for his voters, the country and ultimately for Boris Johnson, writes historian Anthony Seldon

The Independent
CheshireApr 30, 2023
Johnson at 10 review – ducking and diving with the PM who would be king
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/30/johnson-at-10-anthony-seldon-raymond-newell-review-ducking-and-diving-with-the-pm-who-would-be-king-boris-johnson?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#AnthonySeldon
#RaymondNewell
#AndrewRawnsley
Johnson at 10 review – ducking and diving with the PM who would be king

Anthony Seldon and Raymond Newell’s impressive account of Boris Johnson’s chaotic reign lays bare a man utterly unfit to hold the highest office

The Guardian
CheshireApr 30, 2023
Anthony Seldon on Boris Johnson: ‘At his heart, he is extraordinarily empty’
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/30/anthony-seldon-boris-johnson-at-10-biography-interview?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#BorisJohnson
#AnthonySeldon
#TimAdams
Anthony Seldon on Boris Johnson: ‘At his heart, he is extraordinarily empty’

The distinguished historian and headteacher discusses his latest book about a contemporary prime minister, a devastating – and dispiriting – account of Johnson’s chaotic reign

The Guardian
CheshireApr 22, 2023
‘I am the führer. I’m the king’: new book lifts lid on life inside Boris Johnson’s chaotic No 10
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/apr/22/i-am-the-fuhrer-im-the-king-new-book-lifts-lid-on-life-inside-boris-johnsons-chaotic-no-10?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#MichaelSavage
#BorisJohnson
#MichaelGove
#DominicCummings
#AnthonySeldon
‘I am the führer. I’m the king’: new book lifts lid on life inside Boris Johnson’s chaotic No 10

PM blamed both Dominic Cummings and his wife to disguise his own reluctance to take difficult decisions, author claims

The Guardian