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Boris Johnson is a bit like Churchill – but not in the ways he might want

By James Freeman, Senior Lecturer in Political History and Digital Humanities, University of Bristol
Parallels don’t usually make for good history. They can overly flatter or excuse those involved, or imply a historic figure would act today as they did in the past.

Sometimes, though, politicians themselves invite comparisons with a famous predecessor. It isn’t surprising, then, that Boris Johnson has been judged against Winston Churchill, the leader Johnson has frequently…The Conversation


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