Boris Johnson: The Gambler

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Bower is far from objective, he is an absolute conservative, convinced that people are unemployed because they don't want to work and shit like that.

When discussing Covid in particular, the author seems to blame everyone but Johnson, and by the end the account simply turns into an incoherent rant about Covid rather than telling an accurate story about Johnson’s premiership. It feels like he has an axe to grind and is not subtle in asking you accept his dismissive analysis of others. A far worse biographical blunder is that other people and events may have been misrepresented and I fear the publishers should brace themselves for letters from people I know. His self serving, self centred approach to do all to 'help Boris' succour his ambition has led to unimaginable consequences to the people of the UK and the UK itself.for all that, looked down on by them as an arriviste, someone who has only just recently bought himself into the club but who really doesn't have the pedigree. His ruthless ambition was evident from his insistence, as a three-year-old, that he would one day be 'world king'.

It was then his “distant” second wife Marina’s fault for pursuing her own career and choosing to mother their four children.Anyway, it is probably churlish to dwell on the bits I didn't like that much, and overall this is a thorough examination of the Prime Minister's life with a warts-and-all approach that seems to be well-evidenced as well as readable. Other characters are presented in glowing descriptive terms, again quite without necessity, suggesting the author’s bias. His chequered background and behaviour, of ill discipline, duplicitousness, laziness, adulterousness and narcissism were 'pushed aside', enabling him to win against the awful Livingstone in London and use his Mayorship as an opportunity to promote himself and launch a career in politics.