BORIS JOHNSON

makes no secret of his admiration for Winston Churchill. But historian David Starkey believes he is more similar to David Lloyd George. ‘Both had disrupted childhoods,’ says Starkey. ‘Both had ways with words. And both were driven by a powerful sexual appetite.’ olwen — one of the Welshman’s legimate brood (he had several illegitimate children, too) — once demanded of a shop assistant: ‘Don’t you know who i am? i am Lloyd George’s daughter!’ ‘Aren’t we all, dearie?’ the girl replied.