Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson flew into Melbourne during the week to speak at the annual Writers Festival. Boris, as he is universally known, is a former journalist, editor (of the Spectator), Tory MP (2001-2008), and latterly, Lord Mayor of London (now in his second term). Boris is renowned for his dishevelled appearance and apparently eccentric behaviour, especially in public. In reality all of it is practiced and honed as his preferred political persona. He is actually highly intelligent, but for political purposes believes the main requirement is to be noticed by as large an audience as possible. Hence, his tousled school-boy hairstyle, untidy clothes and, crazy stunts which among other things, get him regular guest appearances on popular TV shows like Top Gear.
Jeremy Clarkson has said of Boris... "most politicians are incompetent, with a veneer of competence. You seem to do it the other way round".
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