Boris Johnson’s Political Amnesia

It’s obvious to everyone who knows anything about Boris Johnson that his opposition to EU membership is an attempt to become British prime minister. Only about a year ago, the same Johnson spoke in favour of the EU. However, his EU-is-like-Hitler remarks can make his future premiership a nightmare as European leaders are rightfully upset. Jennifer Rankin of the Guardian writes:

One of the Europe’s most senior leaders has accused Boris Johnson of suffering from “political amnesia” and making “absurd arguments”, after the former London mayor drew a comparison between the aims of the EU and Adolf Hitler.

EU institutions have so far avoided getting drawn into the UK’s increasingly bitter referendum campaign, but Donald Tusk, the president of the European council, said on Tuesday that he had to respond when he heard the EU being compared to the Nazi leader’s plans.