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Official portrait of Boris Johnson.

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Boris Johnson

Country
United Kingdom
Era
b. 1964
Tradition
National conservatism

Journalist turned mayor turned prime minister, who led the Leave campaign, won the largest Conservative majority in thirty years on a promise to deliver Brexit, and was forced out by his own party over lockdown parties.

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Documented positions

Documented positions come from the sources listed. Similarity is this project’s inference from those positions, and is a much weaker claim.

  • Led the Vote Leave campaign in 2016 and negotiated the withdrawal agreement that took the UK out of the EU single market and customs union
  • Advocated "levelling up" — redirecting public investment towards poorer regions of England
  • Committed the UK to net zero emissions by 2050 and hosted the Glasgow climate conference
  • Prorogued Parliament for five weeks in 2019, which the Supreme Court ruled unlawful
  • Introduced a points-based immigration system ending free movement from the EU
  • Provided early and substantial military support to Ukraine after the 2022 invasion
  • Resigned in 2022 after mass ministerial resignations following a series of scandals
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Where it sits on each dimension

Wealth and inequality

62

Evidence: Documented

The state in the economy

58

Evidence: Documented

Personal liberty

48

Evidence: Documented

Tradition and change

42

Evidence: Documented

Nation and the world

86

Evidence: Well documented

Power and its limits

25

Evidence: Well documented

Environment and growth

58

Evidence: Documented

Dimensions left unscored, for want of evidence: Religion and the state, Crime and punishment

Sources

  • Conservative Party, Get Brexit Done: Conservative Party Manifesto · 2019
  • UK House of Commons, Committee of Privileges: Matter referred on 21 April 2022 · 2023

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