School of Politics and International Relations

Professor Tim Bale, Boris Johnson’s getting divorced, but Tories are unlikely to dump him

7 September 2018

Professor Tim Bale commented on reports of Boris Johnson’s alleged serial infidelities in Bloomberg. He said: “For Boris, no news is bad news. But while he needs to keep in the public eye ahead of any leadership contest, Johnson doesn’t have history on his side. It’s very noticeable that, if you look at modern-day incumbents of No. 10, virtually all of them have had lasting marriages and very little, if anything, in the way of torrid affairs.”
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