Boris Johnson blir ny brittisk premiärminister (han slog nyss Jeremy Hunt i de
konservativas partiledarval).
Och så hittar jag det här:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/26/boris-johnson-agent-of-chaos
"Last week I found Agent of Chaos by Norman Spinrad, the New English Library
edition of 1972, described on the jacket as "A new novel by the mind-toppling
author of ‘Bug Jack Barron’."
The blurb on the back reads: "The Solar System was ruled by total terror.
There could only be one hope for galactic peace – and that meant violent death.
Fifty men were prepared to pay with their lives to destroy the Council. ...
Boris Johnson felt the tension rising in him as the seconds crept by. He
brushed his hands against the reassuring bulge of his laser gun – One minute!
He glanced up at the sun leaking through the opaque plastic dome. Slowly he
edged closer to the platform, ready to kill. From the social chaos that
followed assassination there might come freedom: There were seconds to go. Now!"
As so much of science fiction foreshadows events, let us hope that the
foreign secretary (as BJ was before) hasn’t read this one.
Boris verkar vara en underhållande person, litet som Donald Trump. Och hans bok
om Winston Churchill är läsvärd. Skulle gärna svinga en och annan bägare med
Boris.
Men som premiärminister? Jag har mina tvivel.
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