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Bites of Boris: The many lives of Britain's new PM

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson aspires to be a modern-day Winston Churchill but critics fear he's a British Donald Trump.
Boris Johnson started his career as a reporter, not a politician, earning more from his writing than from his public service positions. (Photo | AP)
Boris Johnson started his career as a reporter, not a politician, earning more from his writing than from his public service positions. (Photo | AP)
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Fired for lying: After graduating from Oxford University, Johnson landed a trainee reporter job at The Times newspaper in 1987. He was dismissed within a year for concocting a quote in an article about king Edward II and the monarch's suspected gay lover. (Photo | AP)
Fired for lying: After graduating from Oxford University, Johnson landed a trainee reporter job at The Times newspaper in 1987. He was dismissed within a year for concocting a quote in an article about king Edward II and the monarch's suspected gay lover. (Photo | AP)
His hair is not like Donald Trump's: It's true that the U.S. president and Britain's next prime minister both have very prominent blond hair but there the similarity ends. President Donald Trump's hair is very carefully styled before he appears in public, while Johnson's precisely the opposite. (Photo | AP)
His hair is not like Donald Trump's: It's true that the U.S. president and Britain's next prime minister both have very prominent blond hair but there the similarity ends. President Donald Trump's hair is very carefully styled before he appears in public, while Johnson's precisely the opposite. (Photo | AP)
Accused of Brexit 'lies': Johnson, one of the most prominent faces in the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign, helped to promote the controversial claim that Britain would no longer have to make weekly payments of 350 million pounds to the EU. (Photo | AP)
Accused of Brexit 'lies': Johnson, one of the most prominent faces in the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign, helped to promote the controversial claim that Britain would no longer have to make weekly payments of 350 million pounds to the EU. (Photo | AP)
Fired for lying (again): In 2004 Johnson, by now an MP, was sacked from his roles as shadow arts minister and Conservative Party vice-chairman by then-leader Michael Howard for lying about an extramarital affair. (Photo | AP)
Fired for lying (again): In 2004 Johnson, by now an MP, was sacked from his roles as shadow arts minister and Conservative Party vice-chairman by then-leader Michael Howard for lying about an extramarital affair. (Photo | AP)
Mayoral fiascos: Johnson's failed bid to build a so-called garden bridge over the River Thames is seen as perhaps the most egregious error of his eight years as London mayor from 2008. (Photo | AP)
Mayoral fiascos: Johnson's failed bid to build a so-called garden bridge over the River Thames is seen as perhaps the most egregious error of his eight years as London mayor from 2008. (Photo | AP)
He hasn't always been so confident: While Johnson is known for his booming voice, boisterous behavior and creative use of language (including Latin and Greek), he was much more subdued as a child. (Photo | AP)
He hasn't always been so confident: While Johnson is known for his booming voice, boisterous behavior and creative use of language (including Latin and Greek), he was much more subdued as a child. (Photo | AP)
Diplomatic maelstrom: Johnson's 2016 to 2018 tenure as foreign secretary featured a number of gaffes -- the most high-profile of which jeopardised the case of a British-Iranian woman, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who is being held in a Tehran jail. (Photo | AP)
Diplomatic maelstrom: Johnson's 2016 to 2018 tenure as foreign secretary featured a number of gaffes -- the most high-profile of which jeopardised the case of a British-Iranian woman, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who is being held in a Tehran jail. (Photo | AP)
He has a history of sporting accidents: Johnson is known for letting his competitive spirit get the better of him. During his stint as foreign secretary, Johnson inadvertently knocked a 10-year-old boy to the floor in a rugby match during a diplomatic trip to Japan. (Photo | AP)
He has a history of sporting accidents: Johnson is known for letting his competitive spirit get the better of him. During his stint as foreign secretary, Johnson inadvertently knocked a 10-year-old boy to the floor in a rugby match during a diplomatic trip to Japan. (Photo | AP)
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