![]() ![]() ![]() Anyone hoping he might have reflected on his downfall from Downing Street would do well to read the authors’ repeated assertions about jobs teaching him little. The biggest warning in Seldon’s book, co-authored by Raymond Newell, is that Johnson hasn’t seemed to learn very much from the jobs he’s done, whether as mayor of London, foreign secretary or indeed prime minister. Instead, it serves as a cautionary reminder for those who are still dreaming of a Terminator-style Boris sequel. That doesn’t make it any more comfortable for Johnson, who unlike Cameron hasn’t retreated for a period of silence in a shepherd’s hut. Two prime ministers on from him, we now have the authoritative account of what he did with his time in power. Such has been the pace of modern politics since then, that Johnson at 10 didn’t make it out even for Boris’s immediate successor. It made for uncomfortable reading for the then prime minister, with its analysis of who the man in charge was and well-sourced revelations about how he made policy. ![]() Anthony Seldon published his Cameron at 10 book when David Cameron was still in Number 10. ![]()
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