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2. School report: he thinks he "should be free of the network of obligation which binds everyone else"

Sat Jul 27, 2019, 10:07 AM

Jul 2019

“Boris really has adopted a disgracefully cavalier attitude to his classical studies,” he wrote to Mr Johnson's father Stanley Johnson in April 1982.

“Boris sometimes seems affronted when criticised for what amounts to a gross failure of responsibility (and surprised at the same time that he was not appointed Captain of the School for next half).

“I think he honestly believes that it is churlish of us not to regard him as an exception, one who should be free of the network of obligation which binds everyone else.”

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-07-23/boris-johnson-who-the-man-really-is-according-to-those-who-know-him/

The story of his life. Even in a privileged environment, he stood out as one whose sense of entitlement, and lack of understanding of others, had no bounds.

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The con man with the keys to the kingdom [View all] Soph0571 Jul 2019 OP

Please read the entire article at the link for the New Statesman. madaboutharry Jul 2019 #1

School report: he thinks he "should be free of the network of obligation which binds everyone else" muriel_volestrangler Jul 2019 #2

Kick and recommend. This is fantastic article about a catastrophe. bronxiteforever Jul 2019 #3

Sometimes you read an article that you just want to reach so many people... Soph0571 Jul 2019 #4