I don’t know if the attached piece of film footage will reproduce. I most sincerely hope so, because it’s pretty shocking. It shows Johnson as the intellectually convincing advocate for allowing Turkey, the land of his ancestors, to join the European Union and how shocking and small-minded it would be to keep the Turks out. Of course, someone should be allowed to change their mind, but it is hard to believe that Johnson, the great pro-European advocate for Turkey, has changed his mind so completely. Or does he really just say whatever suits him ?
| Charles | Saumarez | Smith | 
It’s the apparently unshakeable conviction in his voice as he delivers these contradictory statements which is so revealing.
I was incredulous when watching it because it is delivered with such determination and intellectual conviction beyond that of an actor. I wonder what Michael Gove makes of it.