PM Boris Johnson - monster thread for a monster twat

[Mogden]

nothing much then

In isolation all these things are almost excusable but collectively they add to masses of mistrust, idiocy and lies. I did think this was a thread for just that.

 

[killer b]

I meant nothing much new - the only thing they have there that hasn't been widely reported already is him passing through the same airport a few years ago looking a bit flustered. wow.

 

[Streathamite]

Popbitch today tells quite the tale of his Italian visits. I don't think that's been as successfully swept under the carpet as he hoped!

apparently the airport staff guy who originally ID'ed him now claims that he had gotten all confused and mixed up Tony Blair (who definitely went through that airport) with Johnson.
Given that a) both are amongst the planet's most instantly-recognisable men, and b) rhey look nothing like each other, I find this hard to believe

 

[Mogden]

apparently the airport staff guy who originally ID'ed him now claims that he had gotten all confused and mixed up Tony Blair (who definitely went through that airport) with Johnson.
Given that a) both are amongst the planet's most instantly-recognisable men, and b) rhey look nothing like each other, I find this hard to believe

Same. I have terrible face blindness. I can understand Blair looking like others but the Johnson hair mess is enough of a distinguishing feature for me not to mistake him for anyone else. Even in a non-native country where they might be an element of "all Brits looking similar", he'd still massively stand out.

 

[stavros]

the Johnson hair mess is enough of a distinguishing feature for me not to mistake him for anyone else.

Boris Johnson, before going into makeup:

 

[Pickman's model]

Boris Johnson, before going into makeup:

No, that's a picture of a much loved genius, and Johnson is the opposite of that

 

[Pickman's model]

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[Streathamite]

Did anyone ever track down the doctors Johnson claimed treated him in hospital?

With the way things are going, they may very well be purposefully keeping the lowest of profiles, for fear of a mobs/pitchforks/flamong torches worst-case scenario!

 

[Pickman's model]

With te way things are going, they may very well be purposefully keepin g the l,owest of profiles, for fear of a mobs/pitchforks/flamong torches worst-case scenario!

Edited my post as it took me 30 seconds to find them

 

[Sprocket.]

More from Bristol.

A binbag is useful.

 

[Raheem]

A binbag is useful.

You could get a decent amount of recycling into Johnson if you hollowed him out.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

apparently the airport staff guy who originally ID'ed him now claims that he had gotten all confused and mixed up Tony Blair (who definitely went through that airport) with Johnson.
Given that a) both are amongst the planet's most instantly-recognisable men, and b) rhey look nothing like each other, I find this hard to believe

I think it's more likely that they recognised Tony Blair as a (former) UK prime minister and referred to him as such, and others made the assumption they were referring to the current rather than a former PM, and it was a genuine mistake because maybe they don't keep up to date with British politics and don't know who our current prime minister is. Not everyone is into politics and current affairs, someone people aren't even interested in their own country's let alone another nation's.

 

[Pickman's model]

You could get a decent amount of recycling into Johnson if you hollowed him out.

Yeh but his innards would have to go to landfill

 

[Streathamite]

I think it's more likely that they recognised Tony Blair as a (former) UK prime minister and referred to him as such, and others made the assumption they were referring to the current rather than a former PM, and it was a genuine mistake because maybe they don't keep up to date with British politics and don't know who our current prime minister is. Not everyone is into politics and current affairs, someone people aren't even interested in their own country's let alone another nation's.

yes, there's some plausibility in that I guess

 

[Raheem]

Yeh but his innards would have to go to landfill

Feed them to his children.

 

[Pickman's model]

Feed them to his children.

That's an offal thing to suggest

 

[Sprocket.]

Yeh but his innards would have to go to landfill

If you used his guts for garters they would fail at holding your socks up, like he fails at everything else.

 

[Pickman's model]

If you used his guts for garters they would fail at holding your socks up, like he fails at everything else.

They'd be too big for elephants

 

[Artaxerxes]

 

[ska invita]

what might running Ofcom mean in pracitice? When people complain about BLM necklaces the complaints will upheld? Id like to hope Ofcom has standards not defined by one person at the top of it

 

[Raheem]

what might running Ofcom mean in pracitice? When people complain about BLM necklaces the complaints will upheld? Id like to hope Ofcom has standards not defined by one person at the top of it

Dunno, but Dacre isn't being appointed for his HR experience, is he?

 

[2hats]

 

[stavros]

what might running Ofcom mean in pracitice?

With Dacre in charge, they'll admonish any programme that doesn't use "cunt" at least once every ten words. Songs of Praise should be good.

 

[Raheem]

With Dacre in charge, they'll admonish any programme that doesn't use "cunt" at least once every ten words. Songs of Praise should be good.

"I vow to thee my country" will presumably be compulsory every week anyway.

 

[William of Walworth]

Genuinely confirmed news yet??

 

[Nine Bob Note]

 

[MrSpikey]

I think it's more likely that they recognised Tony Blair as a (former) UK prime minister and referred to him as such, and others made the assumption they were referring to the current rather than a former PM, and it was a genuine mistake because maybe they don't keep up to date with British politics and don't know who our current prime minister is. Not everyone is into politics and current affairs, someone people aren't even interested in their own country's let alone another nation's.

The original press release said that both Johnson and Blair had come through the airport in recent days, so subsequently claiming Blair was mistaken for Johnson strikes me as odd. With no other evidence, though, a mistake is still the most likely explanation.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

The original press release said that both Johnson and Blair had come through the airport in recent days, so subsequently claiming Blair was mistaken for Johnson strikes me as odd. With no other evidence, though, a mistake is still the most likely explanation.

Could've been done with multiple sources/Chinese whispers. Someone says that they saw Tony Blair. Someone else says that they saw Tony Blair, the British prime minister. Someone else says that they heard the British prime minister passed through the airport. Someone else, having heard the British prime minister passed through the airport, fills in the blanks and says British prime minister Boris Johnson. That's how you could end up with one report of (former) British prime minister Tony Blair passing through the airport morphing into a story that Tony Blair and Boris Johnson have passed through the airport, via hearsay and Chinese whispers.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Dp

 

[Raheem]

Another possibility is that there was some sort of problem with the drains backing up, coupled with a crate of red wine being dropped down an escalator, and someone said "Jesus, this airport looks like Boris Johnson has passed through".