The son of a former Eurocrat and member of the European parliament, he made a lasting impression as the inventor of the “Euromyth”, a journalistic genre now termed fake news. Known to this day as a “buffoon”, he is the source of many painful memories. In Brussels, officials who remember Boris Johnson from his days there (from 1989 to 1994) are dumbfounded. Blair, a product of the same public-school system as the questioner, quips: “Boris, you should be prime minister!” Twenty-one years on, this prophecy looks likely to come true. The EU correspondent for the Daily Telegraph puts up his hand and launches into a tirade that is not so much question as full-blown editorial. Tony Blair, who has chaired the summit, is holding a press conference. The European summit of heads of state and government has just ended, rounding off the UK’s six-month EU presidency.
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