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Voice of The People: Boris Johnson is forever stained by his reputation

How best to describe Boris Johnson?

How about this? “You just don’t care for anything because you’re spoilt. You have no care for ­money... or anything.”

Those were the words Boris Johnson’s own girlfriend Carrie Symonds chose to describe him after he spilled red wine on her sofa.

Carrie, the Sunday People couldn’t agree with you more.

Ironic that a man who remained ­silent for so long to avoid blowing his chances of becoming PM now faces being derailed by words ­recorded by a neighbour.

Boris Johnson "doesn't care for anything because he's spoilt" (PA)

Whatever happened behind his front door on Friday, one thing is undeniable, the story shines a light – again – on ­Johnson's ­unsuitability for high office.

It is yet another addition to this man’s rap sheet.

A man who embarked on at least five extra-marital affairs and got at least two of his ­mistresses pregnant.

A man whose lies over one of those relationships led to him ­being sacked as shadow arts ­minister. And a man who was fired as a ­journalist for ­fabrications in a story.

Yet Johnson’s behaviour doesn’t damage only himself.

What must Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband Richard be thinking today as he endures an eighth day on hunger strike?

Richard Ratcliffe, husband of British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who is imprisoned in Iran, sits during his current hunger strike outside London's Iranian embassy (AFP/Getty Images)

Johnson’s comments – as Foreign Secretary – that she was in Iran teaching journalists is widely believed to have led to her prolonged ­incarceration.

In last week’s TV debate, Johnson denied he was to blame.

Well, he would. Refusing to ­accept responsibility or answer questions is what he does best.

He’s made a career out of it.

Now it’s time for his career to go the same way as that wine-stained sofa – straight to the dump.

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