"Boris Johnson’s Make-Believe Brexit Negotiations"

In this article, I came with a personal bias against Boris Johnson.  My research on his policies was practically non-existent, and all I knew where the few extremes of his sensational misdemeanors.  I came ready to find a bumbling politician.  The author, however, seems to have a slightly different opinion: that while Boris is definitely not liked by him, he does see some of the political maneuverings with far more clarity than I; he sees the intelligence in Boris's plans. It was from cases like Boris's careless statement about Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe that I drew my conclusion, but in the article, the author shows Boris's 'ruthless bluffing' in which he pitted parliament against itself, using Brexit to put himself in position to be elected.

It seems that the author is quite biased against Boris Johnson, and any respect given is a grudging respect.  One can see this from the specific quotes he uses and therefore gives credence to.   One quote calls Johnson a sham, while another describes his actions as 'goading' and 'lying' which obviously have heavy negative connotations.  These quotes are scattered throughout the article.  Even though the author never directly says that the Prime Minister is amoral or engaging in facetious political activities, he quotes people who do use more emotionally charged language.  He also only presents quotes from one side of the argument, the side he seems to have a similar bias to, which makes it seem like all educated people are saying the same thing. 

Matthews, Owen. “Boris Johnson's Make-Believe Brexit Negotiations.” Boris Johnson’s Make-
Believe Brexit Negotiations, Foreign Policy, 4 Sept. 2019, 
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/09/04/boris-johnsons-make-believe-brexit-negotiations-prime-
minister-what-happening-uk-britain-eu/.