Boris Johnson

[Chippy Minton]

I see today he's claiming Cameron deliberately got the Magna Carta thing wrong on Letterman so that he didn't appear too clever: "I think he was only pretending. I think he knew full well what Magna Carta means. It was a brilliant move in order to show his demotic credentials and that he didn't have Latin bursting out of every orifice."

We all know the old Boris is a clever man trying to sound dim line, but I actually found this brilliant. Boris, of all people, manages to undermine Cameron based on the idea that Cameron is a public school elitist!

Have I been wrong all this time?

[????]

Yup but isn't there a sense that Boris doesn't try to hide it whereas 'Dave' does?

[Ridgley]

We have an old saying for people like Boris Johnson - (He plays fool to catch wise)

[uncleglen]

I wondered whether he had been briefed about the type of audience David Letterman attracts because I get the impression that US chat shows are not in the least spontaneous. Or maybe DC wanted to give the impression that he is not interested in ancient British history because he has his finger firmly on the pulse of today's goings on!

[Brendan]

Sound more like a backhanded insult to the electorate to me. What the stupid proles actually want is an idiot ruling them innit.

[????]

Nope. We'd still have Gordon Brown if that was true.

[Brendan]

Not that it is true. It could be said that it was what BJ was impying.

[Brendan]

If that makes sense...

[Loz]

Boris is slowly and quietly undermining Dave at the moment. He may play the buffoon, but he is a smart political operator.

[RosieH]

He is a smart political operator and a total cunt.

[Salsaboy]

But we love him.

[Jessie]

not all of us

[Salsaboy]

I do, but not in a physical way.

[Jessie]

good

[the-e-dealer]

He's very good on That News thing on Fridays but anything else and getting 190000 in public funds no way he's a clown and should remain in the Circus. I dont love him in any way.

[*Bob*]

There can't be anyone left on the streets of Britain who shalt not recite the mantra EEE MAY ACT LIKE A BUFFOON BUT EEES DEAD CLEVER REALLY INNEE when questioned.

Ok, so everyone is agreed that he's not as stupid as he looks, or acts etc etc, but it doesn't necessarily follow that he must be, you know, the smartest man alive; the political puppetmaster with a thousand lesser brains dancing on invisible strings - to the subsonic beats and pulsing of his giant superbrain. Do me a a favour!

[RosieH]

He knows his Latin though...

[*Bob*]

dolium volvitur

[Chippy Minton]

Tamen est; twat quamvis

[the-e-dealer]

Er there's a whole thread about class elsewhere!