Jeremy Corbyn called Boris Johnson a 'phoney' – he chose his word well

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Jeremy Corbyn called Boris Johnson a 'phoney' – he chose his word well
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The Labour leader’s choice of adjective, derived from an old con, seems fitting in our age of false Brexit promises

This week Jeremy Corbyn called Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson a “fake populist and phoney outsider”. It was unclear what he meant by “fake populist”, since populists are always fakes in their pretence of caring about the people. Strictly, a “fake populist” should be someone who poses as a populist but is actually a thoughtful and ethical leader, which is probably not what Corbyn meant.

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