Only by taxing the rich can Johnson become more than a plutocratic populist | Timothy Garton Ash

'Britain Trump' is riding high, thanks in part to a divided opposition. But unless his deeds match his words, it may not last What is the difference between former US president Donald Trump and current British prime minister Boris Johnson? Both men are skilful practitioners of plutocratic populism, but "Britain Trump", as the president himself called his British ally, might yet prove the more successful. Trump was a super-spreader of this Anglo-Saxon variant of populism. He promised to help the ...