Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro, Rodrigo Duterte, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Narendra Modi, Viktor Orban — it still seems a bit startling to add the name of Boris Johnson, to that roll-call of “strongman” leaders from the US, Brazil, the Philippines, Turkey, India and Hungary. After all, the British prime minister has built his political career by marketing himself as a “good chap”, affable, well-read, a liberal at heart. What has he got in common with thugs like Mr Duterte or Mr Erdogan?
唐納德?特朗普(Donald Trump)、雅伊爾?博索納羅(Jair Bolsonaro)、羅德里戈?杜特爾特(Rodrigo Duterte)、雷杰普?塔伊普?埃爾多安(Recep Tayyip Erdogan)、納倫德拉?莫迪(Narendra Modi)、歐爾班?維克多(Viktor Orban)，在美國、巴西、菲律賓、土耳其、印度和匈牙利的“強人”領導名單上加上鮑里斯?約翰遜(Boris Johnson)的名字，似乎還是有點令人吃驚。畢竟，這位英國首相在打造自己的政治生涯時把自己營銷為一個“好人”、和藹可親、博學多才，內心深處秉持自由派理念。他和杜特爾特或埃爾多安這樣的流氓有什么共同點呢？