By Lucy Caulkett-
Boris Johnson’s private life that reveals the extra marital affairs he has voluntarily indulged is likely to be a reflection of what we should expect from him in public office.
Johnson announced the conclusion of his 25 years of marriage to his wife after she caught him cheating with another woman. Having had two children out of wed luck whilst in public office, one must ask how Johnson can be trusted to be loyal to the British people and his parliamentary colleagues if he couldn’t be loyal to his wife. Loyalty is not the only issue at hand with Johnson’s cheating. Recklessness is another issue that casts a dark shadow over the man next likely to be prime minister.
Knowing he was in public office, Johnson should have taken care to avoid the chance of having children outside of his marriage. Johnson, who has four children with wife Marina was clearly not very bothered about the real possibility of causing deep pain and humiliation to his wife and children. A man’s family is the first most important group to be protected form emotional damage and psychological trauma, yet Johnson wasn’t so bothered or did not appear so.
The same recklessness that led to the embarrassing reality of being a bad example of a family man will express itself as prime minister. Today, television host, Piers Morgan blasted Johnson’s alleged secrecy about the number of children the prospective future prime minister has.
The Sun Online reports that Marina had thrown him out twice before — first in 2004 over his four-year affair with writer Petronella Wyatt, and then again in 2010 when he was suspected of having a lovechild with art consultant Helen Macintyre, which later emerged to be true. How then can this man be Britain’s next prime minister? Some believe a man’s private life has nothing to do with their public office and should be kept separately. Statements like that are invalid because the family is the bedrock of society and a leader of any country needs to understand that.
Johnson is now looking to gain prime ministerial position just because his selfish supporters seek a position in parliament. The ex Foreign Minister is well ahead of his rivals in terms of support and is tipped to also lead the second ballot of voting due today. When added to the number of gaffes he made as Foreign Minister, his likely success in the votes ahead spells disaster for his party and the Uk.