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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.
 
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
 
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.
 
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:

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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.
 
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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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