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I was reading about Johnson on Wikipedia and discovered this:

"Beyond appearance, Adam Smith claimed that "Johnson knew more books than any man alive", while Edmund Burke thought that if Johnson were to join Parliament, he "certainly would have been the greatest speaker that ever was there"."

With his many connections with the many intellectuals of London, what if he had decided to stand as an MP?

Politically, Johnson was a devout, conservative Anglican who based much of his world views from Christianity, and was at times very charitable. He was a staunch Tory and had sympathies with the Jacobites (but had at some point accepted the Hannoverian succession), but also disliked Scotland. He opposed American Independence and colonisation as a whole, believing the natives' lands were being stolen. He also opposed slavery, and his heir was an African gentleman who he treated as a son.

As a great orator, how will this effect British politics? He was a strong believer in a London-centric view and probably would stand there.

"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."- Johnson

What are your thoughts?
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