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The’ brilliant entertainer’, is conscious of the tricks of his old trade, is doing everything to avoid being subject to its wiles
Boris Johnson is the firstly British prime minister with genuine journalistic experience, having been a reporter, columnist and editor. He knows from the inside what the press can achieve. From early in his vocation, he learned the dark arts.
There was the notorious fabrication of a quotation in 1988 that resulted in his being sacked by the Times. Then, as the Daily Telegraph’s Brussels correspondent for five years from 1989, he learned how to spin, making a significant contribution to the creation of Euromyths. The brave nonsense about straight bananas was one of his recurring themes.
Read more: theguardian.com
