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Churchill's Grandson Tells Johnson He's Nothing Like Iconic Wartime Leader

Jamie Dettmer

   Winston Churchill's grandson, who was expelled midweek from the
   Conservative party for voting to delay Brexit, launched Saturday a
   scathing attack on Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who wrote a biography
   of his grandfather, saying he should stop comparing himself to
   Britain's iconic wartime leader as he's "nothing like" him.

   "Winston Churchill was like Winston Churchill because of his
   experiences in life. Boris Johnson's experience in life is telling a
   lot of porkies [lies] about the EU in Brussels and then becoming prime
   minister," Nicholas Soames told Britain's The Times newspaper.

   Soames was among 21 Conservative rebels who were expelled from the
   party for voting to stop Johnson taking Britain out of the EU by
   October 31, something Johnson has pledged to do "no ifs or buts."

   In the interview, Soames, a former defense minister, said he could see
   no "helpful analogy" between his grandfather and Johnson. "I don't
   think anyone has called Boris a diplomat or statesman. We all know the
   pluses and minuses, everyone he has worked for says the same thing: he
   writes beautifully [but he's] deeply unreliable."

   Johnson's Brexit options are shrinking fast. He has lost every single
   vote he's brought as prime minister before the House of Commons in the
   face of a Conservative party split and the united efforts of the
   country's opposition parties to thwart him.

   On Monday party rebels again will join with opposition parties to block
   him from calling an election before they've ensured he can't take
   Britain out of the European Union without a deal agreed upon with
   Brussels.

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