Boris Johnson: British eccentric who could win power
(Tim Hume and James Masters, CNN Politics) – He is one of the the country’s most popular and eccentric politicians and excels when it comes to hosting satirical television shows — but could Boris Johnson become the new prime minister of the United Kingdom?
Never one to shy away from the camera or shoot from the lip, the former mayor of London has gone from a figure of fun to a serious contender to replace David Cameron as leader of the UK.
All eyes are on Johnson after Cameron announced he would be resigning after the UK voted to leave the European Union.
For Johnson it would be the realization of a long-held ambition — and a complete transformation for a man who once declared that his chances of becoming Prime Minister were “about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive.”
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