TUESDAY 6 AUGUST 2019

Editorials

Talk of a ‘people vs politicians’

election is just more bluster

and bluff

Taking Boris Johnson at his word – always a bit of a gamble – there will be no general election, at least
before Brexit, and certainly not one that he himself initiates. Just for a change, there are good reasons to
believe him on this, if few other affairs of state.

Recall the rather contrived acronym retrospectively devised for his leadership campaign – Dude. It was

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