Boris tests positive:
If you don't know the story already google: Pericles.
The wiki entry does not make it immediately clear that the Athenian plague was at least partly due to Pericles' own policies.
As a classicist Boris will know about this and probably, in the past, would have wished to be compared with him (P. was a great orator)
However, he will also have known P's fate, which may be why Boris has been looking a bit uncomfortable recently.
Pericles
No need to be rude
It is necessary to be rude about most politicians.
But the Pericles story is not offensive -it is an informative comparison.
It has been said that although history doesn't repeat itself, it does rhyme.
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Boris tests positive:
If you don't know the story already google: Pericles.
The wiki entry does not make it immediately clear that the Athenian plague was at least partly due to Pericles' own policies.
As a classicist Boris will know about this and probably, in the past, would have wished to be compared with him (P. was a great orator)
However, he will also have known P's fate, which may be why Boris has been looking a bit uncomfortable recently.