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Johnson’s opponents threw mud — everything from his relationship to a U.S. pole-dancer to allegations he’d put his hand on a woman’s knee 20 years ago(!) was fair game.

Nothing resonated.

Why? Because he’s an unabashed naughty boy. And women particularly like naughty boys.

He made no attempt to hide his indiscretions. He’s not a hypocrite. He appeals to all of us with flaws and foibles and a chequered past.

He was aided by the fact Britain doesn’t have much of a social conservative faction. Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg is closest to being on the religious right. He was generally mocked as being arrogant and snobbish.

Abortion is not fully decriminalized in the UK.

Two parties, the Lib Dems and Labour, both promised in their platforms make changes to that. Yet it never became a ballot issue.

LGBTQ issues didn’t surface. You can argue that’s because Brexit was paramount, but no one takes attendance of politicians at Pride parades in the UK.

Had same sex issues been discussed, you’d think Johnson, with his own marital infidelities, would be the last one to lecture folk on who they can’t marry.

No matter what you think of Johnson, he oozes personality and character.

He’s a tad eccentric — but in a rather endearing way.

Scheer’s problem is that if he has a personality, he hides it well. He comes across as prissy and humourless.

He flubbed his response to revelations that he holds dual U.S. citizenship and he couldn’t clearly enunciate his view on just about anything.