{"id":158416,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/158416-the-fall-of-boris-johnson-any-democracy-should-look-to-his-case-and-ask-if-it-is-enabling-machiavellian-leaders-by-stephen-coleman-the-conversation","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/158416","headline":"The fall of Boris Johnson: any democracy should look to his case and ask if it is enabling machiavellian leaders || by Stephen Coleman :: The Conversation","content":"\u003cp\u003e\".... Johnson’s premiership fell because it seemed to recognise no distinction\u0026nbsp;between what is true and what is politically expedient. Once that distinction ceases to matter, democratic discourse becomes unsustainable and political communication becomes a matter of permanent decoding...\" \u003ca href=\"http://theconversation.com/the-fall-of-boris-johnson-any-democracy-should-look-to-his-case-and-ask-if-it-is-enabling-machiavellian-leaders-186597\"\u003eRead more\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"\".... Johnson’s premiership fell because it seemed to recognise no distinction between what is true and what is politically expedient. Once that distinction ceases to matter, democratic discourse becomes unsustainable and political communication becomes a matter of permanent decoding...\" Read more","published_at":"2022-07-09T02:29:06-07:00","updated_at":"2022-07-11T13:31:56-07:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Newsbytes","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/297890-newsbytes"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Newsbytes on Kudos 365. View their photo published Jul/09/2022 on Government. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"photo","image":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/media/ETz1Ug8TtSp1lKyMLpQp_Boris_Johnson_at_Downing_Street_2019%20R.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","likes_count":11,"comments_count":1,"categories":[{"name":"Government","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/993-government"},{"name":"Public Interest","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/1070-public-interest"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/158416-the-fall-of-boris-johnson-any-democracy-should-look-to-his-case-and-ask-if-it-is-enabling-machiavellian-leaders-by-stephen-coleman-the-conversation","headline":"The fall of Boris Johnson: any democracy should look to his case and ask if it is enabling machiavellian leaders || by Stephen Coleman :: The Conversation","image":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/media/ETz1Ug8TtSp1lKyMLpQp_Boris_Johnson_at_Downing_Street_2019%20R.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Newsbytes","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/297890-newsbytes"},"datePublished":"2022-07-09T02:29:06-07:00","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/LikeAction","userInteractionCount":11}],"subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Government","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/993-government"},{"@type":"Thing","name":"Public Interest","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/1070-public-interest"}]}}