Outgoing prime minister Boris Johnson referenced a Roman dictator in his leaving speech outside Number 10 this morning, possibly hinting at his intention to return to frontline politics. Before ...
Boris Johnson’s reference to an ancient Roman statesman in his resignation speech has fuelled a fervent online debate, with some suggesting it could imply a future return to frontline politics. In the ...
On Tuesday, outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave his final speech in front of 10 Downing Street and declared “like Cincinnatus, I am returning to my plow.” But Johnson — and nearly all ...
“The first—the last—the best: The Cincinnatus of the West.” Lord Byron paid tribute to George Washington by way of a classical metaphor, which, by the early 19th century, had become the predominant ...
George Washington famously became America’s Cincinnatus by voluntarily resigning his appointment as commander in chief of the United States armed forces. Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus was a Roman ...
LONDON — “Like Cincinnatus, I am returning to my plow,” Boris Johnson said Tuesday from a lectern outside 10 Downing Street during his final speech as Britain’s prime minister before traveling to ...
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. A simple farmer turned general, then ...
Journalists are all atwitter this week after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson revealed he did not want his current job. “I didn’t want this job. I didn’t seek this job,” he said in an interview with ...