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As John le Carre might have said-" its not the spies you know about that's the worry- it's the ones you don't" The mistake today would be to characterise present-day espionage tactics in those 20th century terms. It's now an entirely new game illustrated by the fact that two leading Western democracies have been persuaded to elect 2 of the most divisive inept and self-serving heads of government that we have seen in a long time, possibly aided in no small way by the covert internet influence of foreign powers.
If you are comparing Boris Johnson to Donald Trump, then the difference is that Johnson is a seasoned politician who has many years of experience as MP, Mayor of London, and a senior minister under May, while Trump is a crafty businessman who arrogantly tried to wing it through the 4 years of his presidency without never really understanding how the country or the US administration actually work.
That said, this does not exonerate Johnson, just to say that I don't think that the two are comparable.