Boris Johnson won. Now the Trump comparisons will be put to the test

Boris Johnson won. Now the Trump comparisons will be put to the test

Boris Johnson has often been compared to Donald Trump, and for reasons that go beyond their distinctive blonde hairstyles. The UK’s shift to the right—starting with the Brexit referendum in 2016, a few months before Trump’s victory—is said to resemble America’s. Now that Johnson’s Conservative party won a massive parliamentary majority in a general election this week, we’re going to see how apt the comparisons really are.