In the days following Boris’s triumph, journalists have been steadily creeping back to their keyboards and offering words of praise or pain. Here, we collect the best, and the most galling, of the commentary.
- John Harris is not amused [Comment Is Free]
- Chuka Umunna has advice for Ken [Comment is Free]
- The Times has an epiphany
- Frances Elliot believes that Boris is ‘flawed but brilliant’ [The Times]
- Tim Hames thinks that ‘every city should have it’s own Boris’ [The Times]
- For The Mail, the party has yet to finish
- Nicholas Wyatt soberly reflects [The Guardian]
- The Evening Standard basks in their victory
A constant motif of the celebratory commentary is the idea that Boris has somehow matured or flourished throughout his campaign. Curiously, they also share an unwillingness to digress further. Indeed, only Kwasi Kwarteng at Comment is Free had any praise at all for his mysterious policies.
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Thanks for the formatting, I’m still getting used to it. I’m going to try a round-up of Boris’s acceptance speeches, but they’re still slowly filtering onto the internet.