> I find it phenomenal that people in the U.K. are so caught up in the Johnson narrative - whether you’re for or against him, it seems absolutely everyone is within his thrall - talking about him, thinking about him, to the exclusion of all else.

Reminds me very much of the Horse in Hospital we had here in the US for a few years (https://decider.com/2018/05/03/john-mulaney-kid-gorgeous-hor...).