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Is Boris Johnson the raucous clan chieftain that feudal Britain deserves?

In a country where land ownership pays more than work, it’s no wonder that corruption slides off the back of rulers pumping up the property bubble

Is Boris Johnson the raucous clan chieftain that feudal Britain deserves?
Boris Johnson greets Hungary’s far-Right leader, Viktor Orbán, at Downing Street
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The current state of British politics only makes sense once you understand that the country is becoming increasingly feudal.

After a long year of allegations of Covid cronyism, donation scandals and the bizarre story of the Downing Street refurb, Boris Johnson is still strolling out ahead in the polls.

How to explain this solidity of support other than to see Johnson as the booze-swilling, raucously shagging clan chieftain that this moment demands?