Old_Geezer - // For sure trying to twist obvious comparisons of different attempts to control Europe to the Holocaust certainly is more of a lost judgement thing for the critics than it is an issue about Boris.//
It precisely this level of embellishment that distorts the truth of what Boris Johnson actually said, and meant.
He said that various figures throughout history, fro Charlemagne, to Napoleon, and on to Hitler, have tried to create as European 'super state' - and that is historical fact.
From there, the BBC said he was likening the EU to Hitler, which is not at all the same thing - but the media has run with that incorrect interpretation of not only words Mr Johnson used, but most importantly, the context in which he used them.
You then come along and tack on The Holocaust to Mr Johnson's view - which he never mentioned.
Agree or disagree with what Mr Johnson says, but let's make sure we are thinking about what he actually said, and not an incorrect interpretation of what he said, or an embroidered and fictional version of what he said.