Boris Johnson "Polly Toynbee the Tory guru: that's barking. Or maybe not" The Telegraph (23 November 2006), p. 26
• Conservative MP Greg Clark, whom Johnson describes as a friend, had suggested in a strategy paper that Toynbee was a more appropriate commentator for the party's policies on poverty than Winston Churchill.

All I can say is that when I had come out of my faint, and read what Greg was saying, I saw, naturally, that he was absolutely right. In spite of all she gets wrong, there are things that Polly says that are serious and true, and that any Conservative government should be saying.

— Boris Johnson on Polly Toynbee

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "All I can say is that when I had come out of my faint, and read what Greg was saying, I saw, naturally, that he was absolutely right. In spite of all she gets wrong, there are things that Polly says that are serious and true, and that any Conservative government should be saying." in the context of "Boris Johnson "Polly Toynbee the Tory guru: that's barking. Or maybe not" The Telegraph (23 November 2006), p. 26
• Conservative MP Greg Clark, whom Johnson describes as a friend, had suggested in a strategy paper that Toynbee was a more appropriate commentator for the party's policies on poverty than Winston Churchill." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Boris Johnson

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, journalist, and popular historian. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from July 2019 until September 2022.