the British voted for Boris because they are not a nation of shopkeepers they are a nation of thieves and they saw in Boris someone who had no morality and they hoped he would share his adventures as most pirates did over the centuries .This gem in the comments.
Boris is a sociopath. He is sleeping quite well probably with someone else’s wife. The British voted for Boris for the same reason people here vote for Trump - he is an entertaining clown.
when the British nuclear submarine hms conqueror which sunk the belgrano with a loss of 500 young trainees lives,
returned home flying the jolly Rodger the press were delighted .