Boris Can't Dodge Tidal Wave Of Sleaze

When you’re taking lectures on probity and morals from Sir John Major, you know you’re in trouble.

The former PM who presided over a government that was sent packing with allegations of sleaze forever branded on their time in office must have found the air pretty thin when he inhabited the moral high ground last week, as the current administration lay engulfed by claims of corruption and dodgy deals.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson went to Glasgow to lecture the world about the dangers of climate change last week and the bushfires and flash floods it will bring about – but somehow managed to ignore the tidal waves of sleaze washing their way towards the door of Number 10.

It’s been written countless times before – and indeed I’ve referenced it on a number of occasions as well – that the politician Johnson admires the most is Winston Churchill.

It is equally well known that one of the great old man’s favorite expressions was: “Carpe diem.”

It’s therefore entirely fair to ask just when will Boris “seize the day” and address the issue of sleaze, which is going nowhere any time soon.