Re: Boris Johnson and Classical Studies

An opinion about Boris Johnson (video below) from a *real* Conservative -
Rory Stewart. Another Eton and Balliol man, as it happens, and a government
minister under David Cameron and Theresa May.

He compares the expulsion of 21 Conservative MPs (including himself) with
the purge of the Mensheviks.

He mentions Kenneth Clarke, who was also expelled from the Conservative
Party:

"He's the Father of the House, he's been in the House of Commons since I
guess the time I was born. He has been in Edward Heath's government, in
Margaret Thatcher's government, in John Major's government, in David
Cameron's government. He's been Home Secretary, Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Lord Chancellor. He's voted against the government, I think,
once in his entire life, and has just found himself thrown out of the
Conservative Party."

He talks about the dangers of the 'might is right' mindset, 'the end
justifies the means', ignoring due process and winning at any cost.

Rory Stewart's implicit comparison of Johnson's clique with the Bolsheviks
makes sense. To call them Conservative is a major error. They are radicals.
Their aim is not the restoration of an imagined glorious past, but creating
a new 'Singapore on the Thames' - an unregulated tax haven and paradise for
billionaires, bankers, and the wealthy elite.

Video:
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Mark D.