I think he feels intellectually more capable. Here is a man with a knowledge of Latin and Greek who actually reads books for pleasure. Andrew Gimson More Quotes by Andrew Gimson More Quotes From Andrew Gimson He's not an old-style 'Euroskeptic' who takes his own tea bag with him when he gets on the channel ferry to go to some place full of ghastly foreigners, he's very good at putting the moderate case and speaking of having a relationship with Europe -- he just doesn't want Europe to be telling us what to do. Andrew Gimson politics Boris is not really a team player, he's a leader, and either his party and the country will accept him as leader, or he'll be in the wilderness. Andrew Gimson politics People would think that because they went to the same school as each other they must be similar kinds of people -- they aren't at all. Andrew Gimson politics Boris is a 'merry England conservative' who feel instinctively disrespectful of the rather solemn-minded people running the show. Andrew Gimson politics Boris: The Rise of Boris Johnson. Andrew Gimson politics But it didn't really work. Andrew Gimson politics