Right-wing media watch – Bring back Boris! Conservative media flirts with fantasy as Tories flounder

Right-wing media watch – Bring back Boris! Conservative media flirts with fantasy as Tories flounder

Amid the wreckage of a devastating local election and dismal national polling that’s seen the Tories slump to fourth place behind the Lib Dems in some polls, the right-wing media has once again reached for its favourite politician, Boris Johnson. Former MP Justine Greening warned in the Guardian that “out-Reforming Reform cannot and does not work.” Yet instead of confronting Reform with fresh ideas and credible leadership, the right-wing press i…