Popular London mayor eyes Trump-style insurgency to win British EU exit battle

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LONDON (Reuters) - Once mistaken for fellow blond Donald Trump by a passerby in New York, London Mayor Boris Johnson hopes his own gift for grabbing headlines and charming voters can persuade Britain to vote to leave the European Union at a June 23 referendum.

 

Although both have elite backgrounds, Johnson and U.S. presidential candidate Trump are flamboyant men with unorthodox approaches that tap into voter disaffection with "establishment" politicians, and could prove the key influence to two of the West's most important strategic decisions in 2016.

 

"They are the non-politician politician. They both claim to be outsiders, they both claim to be anti-establishment, they both present themselves as being the champion of the masses," said Sonia Purnell, author of "Just Boris", an unauthorized biography that is critical of the privately educated mayor.

 

"Probably in both cases that is simply untrue but look how brilliant and effective a marketing tool it is ... They are both entertainers. It is showbiz politics, it is celebrity politics."

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Britain's Donald Trump?