Investigative reporter eviscerates the cult of Boris Johnson

[@lisastickytuna8668]

I'm not fascinated with Johnson. I'm thoroughly repulsed by him and horrified that he was ever allowed to be in a position of power.

[@annenunney9907]

Me to

[@Peter_Henderson]

I'm fascinated with Mikey Govey's Johnson, ngl

[@audreymcgready4329]

I totally agree with you. He gives me the pip.

[@michaelmckibbin9665]

It's fascinating in a sense how people fall for the shite, you clearly are smart enough not to 😊

[@22Phantasm]

Yep. Well said. The sad thing is that, across the planet, people with a certain status are never made accountable for all the awful things they do to wreck economies and lives.

[@gaenordeacon9431]

Message to the UK -stop giving unquestioning respect to graduates of Oxford and Cambridge. Some of the rudest, most offensive people I have ever met are a product of those institutions. Manners cost nothing

[@Daisy-tl2lh]

the majority having reached Oxbridge the result of a private public school education giving them an over blowen opinion of themselves and their abilities in the world when in fact all they can do is produce a lot of hot air

[@petyrkowalski9887]

Eton and public school actually

[@calicokittenproductions591]

Think etons the biggest problem

[@himoffthequakeroatbox4320]

@@calicokittenproductions591 Winchester & Charterhouse are making a valiant attempt.

[@Matt-kq3ks]

"It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice" these humble words seem to ring truer day by day at the moment

[@martinradcliffe4798]

It is a remarkable thing that anyone should ever have fallen- and still fall- for Johnson's schtick.

[@mhtbfecsq1]

disinformation spreading ''lefty'' smearing right wing social media echo chambers/ right wing media who facilitated the sinister scandalous incompetent self serving Tory party getting in power and retaining it and causing all the destruction they have, have gone in to overdrive to deflect attention away from the sinister right wing politicians and redirect it towards the most vulnerable in society/migrants/climate activists etc ....which sadly is very easy to achieve with dumbed down knuckle draggin right wing voters. They've been doing the same tricks for years and are as responsible for the downfall of UK as the Tories themselves.They should be bannished from the country.

[@lmechb3305]

My father recently told me that Boris must be put back in power as he is a great speaker on the international stage. I kid you not! A painfully personal indication for me of the polarisation that exists in the Uk today.

[@martinradcliffe4798]

@@lmechb3305 Yeah- you have to wonder if they're looking at the same thing. All I see is an utter buffoon- albeit a dangerous one.

[@francesbrown5116]

​@@lmechb3305 pepper pig omg .

[@Matt-kq3ks]

I think Johnson is seen as a rallying figure for the "ardent Brexiteers". No matter how bad it's going Johnson has this ability to beguile and convince people of the opposite of reality. People who don't want to believe Brexit is going badly want Johnson just to make them feel comfortable with their choice. This applies to selfish people like Jacob Rees Mogg right the way through to uncle Barry from Brentford who thought it sounded like a good idea and doesn't want to admit he was wrong. Whether Johnson himself believes it is irrelevant, if it helps his advancement he'll say and do absolutely anything. He's unquestionably the most impactful politician of our generation, for all the worse reasons

[@56postoffice]

Johnson is the classic example that anyone from Eton, Harrow or any posh private school, should NEVER, EVER, hold the reigns of power again.

[@philwill0123]

The bit about disheveled Boris at PMQ is right. Corbyn got destroyed for how he looked, yet Boris "it's his character to look like that"

[@franc9111]

Corbyn got destroyed by the backstabbing in the Labour Party, by the disgusting gutter tabloid press and of course by what we now know - the CONservative-infested BBC.

[@stevansf]

and Michael Foot and his donkey jacket back in the day

[@robertmatthews8302]

philwill0123, I always found Mr Corbyn's manners to be impeccable. More than can be said of those of Boris Johnson.

[@stephengodden6796]

👍😜

[@milsub59]

Stop calling him Boris. That is where this shit begins !

[@iankr]

Stop calling him 'Boris'.

[@artnull13]

Exactly his professional name is Bojo the clown.

[@juliewake4585]

Yes indeed. He really is not a cuddly toy.

[@octavianpopescu4776]

I always called him Johnson.

[@Garbageman28]

Al to his family and those who he hasn’t ruined yet.

[@johnproton259]

This. This shows that that tosser has even infiltrated the brain of the guy criticising him.

[@JohnHollyoak-vx6pn]

Anyone with half a brain can see right through him.

[@Prawnsly]

I have bad news about the voting public

[@xMrjamjam]

Think of the dumbest person you know and then realise over 4 billion people are dumber than that

[@thefirm4606]

And therein lies the problem 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@silversurfer640]

John Holly oak Unfortunately in England today, half a brain is stretching it for a large part of the population. Voting conservative is a huge indicator of this.

[@ScandalUK]

Keith Starmer needs to learn juggling and the art of the custard pie if he ever faces Johnson in an election.

[@alien4422]

Elite should not be used to describe these narcissistic criminals. Privileged is all that they are. They are not the best of the best. They are the worst of the worst.

[@imSatnav]

Been saying this for a while. The term implies that they are rightfully superior to the rest of us, and they are not. They are the scum of the earth.

[@myce-liam]

pseudoelite

[@toi_techno]

It's so good to see this finally being articulated. The english obsession with royals and toffs is very confusing and not a little pathetic seen from the safety of Ireland.

[@tomfinney3416]

history in schools , i was lucky my history teacher taught me about social and political movements in britain esp during the agricultural and industrial revolutions period , less about kings , more about chartists luddites etc , cool history we have

[@b62boom1]

I find the whole thing utterly mystifying. They're almost programmed to be subservient to these elitist ghouls. I'm Welsh. I bow to no one other than a Judge.

[@henrypierce8900]

​@@iberian5319 yea, the snp want to keep the british monarchy after independence.

[@pmurnion]

​@@henrypierce8900 they don't "want to". They're just trying to appease the conservartive anglophile scots. That'llbe dumped asap

[@pmurnion]

But its good in that its beginnings to grate on the Scots. A modern, progressive UK and this old nonsense are incompatible. And after Brexit, we know which the English will choose ...

[@elloco1996]

I studied Latin and Greek for 6 years ... however, in contrast to Boris Johnson I not only learned the words but also their meanings.

[@isabellewhite3505]

✅✅

[@countfosco8535]

You are educated, whereas Johnson is a moron.

[@Miaaa28]

Listen to this song about Boris This song is about Boris, it’s very witty and touches on the Latin and the rest. Not to be missed

[@Miaaa28]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGm8cmZ8rNCtgtE

[@countfosco8535]

I only wish you and your like would have come out of hiding earlier. Were you unavailable when Johnson promoted Brexit? Regarding you and Johnson: Sic transit gloria.

[@bregawn]

Remember how the press treated Michael Foot around his appearance

[@psammiad]

I can't imagine Boris Johnson ever having feelings of self-loathing.

[@russellharris5314]

So glad they actual called him by his real name at the end. Boris is his conman persona

[@himoffthequakeroatbox4320]

He can't even tell the truth about that.

[@angelamasia9911]

Boris speaking Latin thats amazing he can hardly speak Engish

[@paulwilson7234]

Indeed.

[@petergaskin1811]

Remember when he allegedly recited the opening stanzas of Homer's Iliad when speaking to a Television interviewer. I know both scholars and Greeks who listened to that and were mystified. As was I, who also studied both Latin and Greek at my Secondary (Grammar) School. Apparently what he used was a sort of "Dum de dum de dum de dum" memory trick that they are taught to use at Eton. However age has dulled de Pfeffel's memory and what he though of as Homeric was actually gibberish..

[@paulwilson7234]

@@petergaskin1811 speaks a lot of keek.

[@balance3201]

English dear

[@yddraigoch]

he'd be ffyced with Cymraeg then ..... the true bwiiitish language ;-)

[@HBFaash]

Bojo is the epitome of the adage, 'If you throw enough sh*t, (education), at a wall some of it will stick'.

[@paulwilson7234]

Keek.

[@StratsRUs]

Private Education. State education is what Tories despise.

[@countfosco8535]

Johnson is a good example of someone who was educated beyond his abilities.

[@audreymcgready4329]

I wasn't taught that. I was taught that they are no better than i am. Just because of an accent or money. And i certainly do not think they can do no wrong. I think that is all they do. To us for their own gain.

[@piccalillipit9211]

You grew up in Scotland I believe Audry? It's very different, if you are brought up in England, even if your parents tell you they are no better than you society the BBC the schools, the magazines, the radio stations everything tells you implicitly that they are better than you.

English?

[@tomfinney3416]

thats got to be your mum and dad giving you that pearl audrey , no way do schools teach that

[@peninsulageneralgoodsstore]

Totally agree Audrey. Blue, red , yellow and green parties are out to dumb you down and take your rights. No one is better than you and you are not better than anyone. ALL MPs are there for power and control, if you hate one party or one MP only(ie conservatives and Boris) you have been divided and conquered.

[@audreymcgready4329]

@@tomfinney3416 It started with my Dad. And the rest is my own views. No point in being the richest in the cemetery. I am no better than the next person and they are no better than me. I'd rather eat crumbs with bums. Than eat steak with snakes. If you get what i mean?

[@martincopeland8153]

He speaks Latin because, in his head, he is Caesar parading about with hedge cuttings round his head and wearing one of Carrie’s £500 interior designer bedsheets.

[@taffyman6089]

He does not speak Latin. He uses Latin/Classic references to cover up his inadequacies to dupe the public.

[@martincopeland8153]

@@taffyman6089 he has an Oxbridge degree in Classics; it’s an indication of his irrelevance in today’s technology driven society but also of his knowledge of the extinct language and culture.

[@taffyman6089]

@@martincopeland8153 I studied Latin and later Roman Law to boot. I did not attend Oxbridge but I know the price of a loaf of bread and a pint of milk. I come from a humble background but punting the Classics etc is not so special at all. Classics is part of his 'Boris mask' to dupe people. Now he is being exposed he needs to find a new mask. People overlook the fact he can barely speak two coherent sentences in the King's English without help.

[@deanodog3667]

​@@martincopeland8153 it's hardly extinct

[@martincopeland8153]

@@deanodog3667 terminally moribund, except in the World’s tiniest state? De minimus non curat Lex!

[@richardwaring8613]

Boris spoke 'excrementum tauri' most of the time.

[@pauldowling8986]

Boris spoke with President Higgins in latin and when Higgins responded in latin, Boris walked off......

Noice.

[@taffyman6089]

The majority of people in this world who speak Latin are priests in Vatican City. Otherwise Latin is a dead language. It survives as dog Latin in the Romance languages.

[@ohnezuckerohnefett]

He speaks Latin to confuse you. You could also say, he tries to disorient you. Mystify you. Disturb, irritate, confound and discombobulate you.

[@andyhutley2857]

Add the mumbling too, his whole image and outward projection is an act to throw off his real borderline psychopathic amoral self that has to be repeatedly be told what he's doing is wrong

[@darthwiizius]

It's referred to as a mask and all narcissists use one to cover their real identity. I believe that Bozo and Trumpenstein's orange monster are likely both psychopaths, I don't think they're sociopaths because neither appear to actually value self preservation. A psychopath only fears getting caught because they fear being stopped acting on their psychopathy, nothing is more important to them, nothing including their own lives.

[@juliewake4585]

Novara did a piece in public schools and it’s very much worth watching. All of this is repeated in great detail in the piece.

[@nihleigleca6702]

Lesson from Johnson is that you can get away with actual crime by simply acting goofy.

[@jamesgravil9162]

It works for Mr. Bean as well!

[@Energyflash1979]

Whenever people say "Boris" please correct them. I've been doing it for the past 5 years.

[@fijay2400]

Really good interview and on the mark.

[@davidwilson9264]

I remember when Corbyn became leader of the labour party, he was castigated by the right wing press and the tories for wearing a tweed jacket, always tidy but that was just not good enough.

[@himoffthequakeroatbox4320]

And eating a bacon sandwich at the epitaph, or something.

[@danielpayne2840]

Stop calling him Boris! that'd be a start.

[@joejanota707]

As for Latin, it's a language very heavily tied to English and used very commonly in the scientific community. It's actually very easy for English speakers to learn and understand. Which makes you question why this is not something covered in early education. None of this is new, it is an old method of misdirection. I try to explain the fun side of Latin, for example: Dermis, use in Taxidermy, Dermatology and so on and use familiar links to encourage people to figure out what the Latin word may mean. You, the reader, have probably figured this out already. It's a fun educational tool that acts similar to reverse engineering. So instead of just telling someone, which at least in my school days, was the norm. You encourage the brain to build connections between seemingly irrelevant concepts to understand new concepts. It's effectively teaching people how to think laterally. It is good fun and very useful for anyone to play about with. Latin is used for this due to topic, context and osmosis. However, yes, Boris is a twat.

[@henghistbluetooth7882]

It could be fun viewing it as a relic that has some historical interest but German, French and the various Viking dialects had a greater impact and these are all still spoken. Also Spanish and Italian have many of the roots of Latin but again are still spoken. My 10 year old is studying Spanish in primary school and gets much more out of it than if he had studied Latin. I view Latin and Greek as a means of identifying ‘them’ and ‘us’ and the sorts of schooling that was received. Curiously enough the same that the Romans themselves did as the upper classes all spoke Greek to separate themselves from the unwashed rabble that all spoke Latin.

[@taffyman6089]

It would have been helpful had he been able to speak simple English in coherent sentences without need to read from a prompt oir a sheet of paper. That was too much to ask from an alleged PM who had received the most expensive education money could buy in Britain. Incredible.

[@rjkmusicmedia]

Yeah, JOE are morons for not even understanding its broad usage and history.

[@BigHenFor]

You're confusing language with etymology. You can study Sciences without taking Latin or Greek as a language, and still use those concepts usefully in modern English. It's a historical legacy, and as formal education was established in England by the Catholic Church, whose first scholars were of course Roman and Greek. I love etymology, but it's not always useful as language is dynamic, contextual, and always evolving. Johnson has a well-honed schtick, but he isn't a good advert for Education as being more than an accumulation, whose benefits can be thoroughly undermined by character deficits. Same with Liz Truss - both went to Oxford, both had middle class professions, and both screwed this country.

[@joejanota707]

@@henghistbluetooth7882 That's interesting. So would you say that the use of an unintelligible language to the common people is a method of withholding information or understanding? I suspect you have played this game before.

[@rosieHolliday5887]

Yeh, Boris has never appealed to me. That comes from being around incredibly toxic liars & manipulators throughout my life. Boris is incredibly see-through when you know what to look for. My trauma has prevented me from being able to listen to the man for more than about a minute 🤭 I'm guessing people who like him have never encountered abusive personalities so much. Sam Bright is correct with everything he said.

[@darthwiizius]

I used to work for a non-violent psychopath, once the penny drops you can spot a narcissist instantly because you have learned to look past the gesticulations and other distractions, you don't even listen to words as your primary function. You look at eyes, facial expressions, ticks etc first. I spotted this with Trumpenstein's orange monster and Bozo the clown. They are both pretty extreme narcissists, they may even by categorised as either sociopaths or psychopaths.

[@countfosco8535]

It seems we all meet clones of this Johnson persona and we all rapidly learn to distrust such impostors. Still, they con the public much longer.

[@patriayvida6850]

The Chlorinated Chicken, the Orange Clown's long-lost twin brother.

[@GrahamGeorge1]

Cult is incorrectly spelled!

[@ASHEN_ONE_GAMES]

How do you spell it ?

[@paulinskipukprogressive4903]

This is an insightful interview

[@Zakalwe76]

Educated beyond his intelligence.

[@taffyman6089]

Exactly.

[@b62boom1]

And promoted there too.

[@jmsherry]

It's the upper-class version of "POMME DE TERRE, Rodney! Pomme de terre!!"

[@danielcrafter9349]

Exactly this

[@jamesgravil9162]

"Anyway, I pulled him up a bit sharpish. I said ‘Oi John. I don’t want none of yer table-wine.' I said get down that cellar and sort me out a bottle of Vin Ordinaire!"

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

Hopefully we won’t have to see or hear from the poor mans trump anymore..

[@taffyman6089]

He has now found himself in a position that the Boris character is failing /failed and he is desperate for a fresh mask.

[@leonardosimm3536]

Subservience to aristocracy isn't instinctive, it's educated. The class system works to keep the working class in its place and happy to be there, overlooked by our 'betters'. The current disastrous state of the country shows what nonsense it all is.

[@jeffjefferson7384]

Linguistic distraction is a key point here. eg, 'sovereignty' - a word that has no set meaning.

[@petersimms4982]

Exactly what I’ve been saying for years 😮

[@maureennewman905]

Yes couldn’t agree more .Just watched an old Taggart about a posh boys school in Scotland, it made me cringe , the arrogance of some of the “top Boys” and their perverted ways , the bullying , made me think of Cameron , Johnson and others at the top of Tory party . All the Latin as if it’s such a secret language , they are sick egoists .

[@majvorandersson4641]

There is a 55s clip on KZbin where Jacob Rees Mogg talks about posh people in politics and says - "I'm a man of the people. Vox populi, vox dei"...

[@aliterogasolini6401]

Boris uses the same tactics as Les Kellett the very popular 1960s wrestler. And bears more than a passing resemblance to him right down to the hair style.😃

[@AHarker100]

Perfect truth.

[@Conquistador75]

Prior to the 2019 election and when Johnson was doing his Uk tour he dined at the Star Inn, Kilham, my niece was working there at the time and a few weeks later at a family gathering she and her side of the family were eulogising about him and how nice he was and what a good leader he’ll be. I said contrary to their opinion and said he’ll do more damage to the UK than you can imagine. I was shot down and laughed at🤔 That side of the family are involved in farming and haulage and their opinion has changed a little since then

[@himoffthequakeroatbox4320]

At least they aren't blaming things on sunspots or whatever.

[@steverobinson8771]

It's not confusing... the problem is most people in this country are unable to understand because they weren't educated to a high enough level.

[@rar321blue]

Regarding the Blonde fool Johnson looking a mess- Michael Foot WAS of course torn apart by the press for his image ...

[@himoffthequakeroatbox4320]

What's the difference between high spirits and hooliganism? About a hundred grand.

[@Ritte13]

If you say “who was that lying idiot “ most people will answer “oh you mean Boris “

[@craigsinnott296]

He is right up there with Edward 2nd on popularity in Scotland

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

And William the Turd in Catholic Nordern Oirelond. All a bunch of oranges.

[@tomfinney3416]

😋

[@euanparker2534]

I feel Edward II is probably fairly popular in Scotland, it was Edward I and III who eviscerated the Scots.

[@henrybyrne7265]

Rupert Murdoch... Can you please do more on him.

[@Peter-Ac]

both Johnson and Rees-Mogg remind me of Del boy is trying to impress people with his hooky French, funny in his case, pathetic in theirs

[@supernoodles91]

Have neither of you been invited to Latin themed charity events? Seriously? I can't open my emails without constantly receiving invites myself!😉

[@petergaskin1811]

The last one I went to involved wearing bedsheet togas, lots of booze and nice young ladies dispensing charity

[@supernoodles91]

@@petergaskin1811 'Toe-ga!......toe-ga....toe-ga!......Toe-GAA!!'.......(National Lampoons Animal House😉😂)

[@juanfabulous]

Johnson styles that appearance. I remember david Cameron having a huge cheer for telling Corbyn to wear a tie. They’re all an embarrassment though, baying and crying over each other when they’re speaking

[@hansweissmann_xviii6754]

I read in a Chinese media source couple years back about Boris Johnson’s Chinese phrases thrown around in the parliament. It turned out that he just said, in Chinese, hello, nice to see you. My God, that Chinese media subsequently insulted a buffoon by comparing Boris to it! I think that was utterly uncalled for! What did the buffoon do to deserve that?!

[@SiVlog1989]

The only thing that fascinates me about him is how, despite his bigoted and outright racist beliefs, he has a sort of magnetic attraction for those who found themselves strung up by his cult. A line from the documentary "The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler," provides an insight into how manipulative people spin their Web of lies to intice people into supporting them. "Charisma doesn't exist on its own in anyone. It exists only in an interaction between an individual and an audience, an individual like Hitler, who's telling the audience what they wanted to hear," That said, I often compared Johnson to Mussolini than Hitler, like the former Italian dictator, Johnson has been all about bluster and bluff, whipping up his supporters into a frenzy, only for his wrongdoing to eventually catch up with him and those who used to support him eventually forced him out. The only difference i suppose is that Johnson is still alive after being forced out, whereas Mussolini wasn't (he and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were shot and killed by Italian Partisans near Lake Como and their bodies were taken to Milan, where the local population expressed their anger at the corpses for what had been allowed to happen to their country)

[@highdownmartin]

Talking in Latin is the same as having a Chinese script tattoo. It translates as “ I’m a total dick”

[@catfather420]

I find it really hard to take this guy seriously

[@xMrjamjam]

Learn about dark driad personality traits and disorders like narcissism and it explains the behaviours of tory mps perfectly

[@petergaskin1811]

Especially when in the case of both de Pfeffel and Trump that narcissism descends into a psychotic episode.

[@himoffthequakeroatbox4320]

I don't see what tree spirits have to do with anything.

[@larrygerry985]

He is boring. Playing the jester

[@paulinskipukprogressive4903]

‘feeling of deep self-loathing’ … Did anyone else catch that ? What did he mean ?

[@Ritte13]

I bet that i loathe him more than he does

[@ElBeeEss]

Yep. I noted that. Especially since, only a few days ago, I watched Ash Sarkar interview with journalist Michael Beard, writer of Sad Little Men. All about life at boarding school and the psychological damage it does to kids. He believes it explains why the Tory government has very little empathy. The country's being run by unloved children in adult bodies.

[@deanodog3667]

The fear

[@williammuir638]

Bojo only confuses because he gets his latin phrases wrong. No surprises there.

[@anthonyclegg1511]

That's all true, but who is his hairdresser, he's a magician with a knife and fork.

[@darthwiizius]

Bozo scrumples his freshly pressed clothes and messes his hair up before he appears. It's all part of his narcissist's mask to hide his real identity because, like all narcissists, he knows he is rotten to the core and that's the way he likes it. The way he behaved during covid makes me think he may be more extreme than a narcissist, he might be a psychopath.

[@ScandalUK]

It’s not even his first name. The lies run so deep that very few people even realise he’s called Alex, not Boris.

[@himoffthequakeroatbox4320]

Alexander Kemal Holsten-Pilsner DerPiffle.

[@SarahRickard]

Spot on - whole clown act

[@bipolarminddroppings]

The fact that he even knows Latin, but doesn't have a law degree, tells you everything you need to know about Boris.

[@jd_99]

The fact that you wrote that tells you everything about your education standard. He studied classics, which is only related to law in terms of the use of Latin. And as for 'confusing people with Latin', yes I'm sure it might confuse some lowest-common-denominator idiot - but that isn't the main problem with politicians and media people like Boris

[@bipolarminddroppings]

@@jd_99 post hoc ergo propter hoc. Just because one knows how to do something, doesn't mean they need to show it off. I will bet my education beats yours. Because you didn't even understand the point I was making.

[@colenewton5183]

@@bipolarminddroppings do you measure people on how you rate their education?

[@bipolarminddroppings]

@@colenewton5183 he started it... And yes. How well educated someone is tells you a lot about them.

[@b62boom1]

People like Johnson don't study their Degree, they buy it. The amount of MPs that claim to have studied History, and then spout a load of outright guff, that actual proves that they don't know the subject in the slightest. A History Degree is much harder if you don't buy one.

[@abbersj2935]

Politics Joe should be compulsory watching in state school sixth forms.

[@robertmatthews8302]

A complete waste of an expensive education. Pity his tutors couldn't have done a lot more to bring him into line.

[@johnh6524]

I'd like to point out that your dress comment is well observed. The press made Michael Foot unelectable because he wore a coat.

[@caroltodd6691]

Strange how you never ever see a Poor Tory MP yet every single one off them have Mansions lets be honest here they have never worked hard for them

[@nicks4934]

I hope the uk will wake up one day

[@ASHEN_ONE_GAMES]

Me too my friend

[@simonrichert1886]

Most definitely. Things have got to change. There is so much discontent. Let's hope it's not replaced by apathy which is what usually happens

[@blzebub2]

I was disappointed when he recovered from Covid.

[@silversurfer640]

blzebub2 That's if he ever had COVID in the first place.

[@stoatystoat174]

Think he is mostly called Boris because it's a slightly funny word to say and rare enough as a name that it's all the information you need to know who someone is talking about. If he was called John Wentworth people would call him Wentworth.

[@markgoestofrankfurt]

Anyone who has ever watched the 80s "Brideshead Revisited" TV serialized novel adaptation can see that Mogg, Bojo, Gove, Sunak, May, etc may well model their poshness on this TV series in order to fit in among members of the ruling class and Tory elites. It's called Southern English snobbery or Middle class Aspiration!

[@StratsRUs]

Private, elite education is never shown for what it really is.

[@snipelite94]

He's the unfunniest clown but some people find that charming What is wrong with brits? Let's see him smirk when we clawback all the money he spaffed

[@nevadatan7323]

Boris in power is akin to when an old lady dies and her Will leaves the house to her cat

[@georgesowden7924]

Isn’t time to stop using the word aristocracy and call them what they are - British Mafia

[@wjarnock44]

Yes the first name thing was ridiculous. Nicola Sturgeon was always referred to as simply "Sturgeon" !!

[@redemptivepete]

There's a statute just outside Eton along the road to the bridge across the Thames at Windsor written entirely in Latin! I took it to mean, "Up yours pleb!" Culture wars can work both ways.

[@doctorg5056]

Let's remember that an even less "scruffy" looking man got torn to shreds in the press in part for his appearance. Jeremy Corbyn: "Scruffy" Boris Johnson: "Characterful"

[@daramaccarthy]

Main linguistic distraction is the use of ‘like’ 🙄

[@epincion]

There is also a bit of Berlusconi-ism in his popularity. Italian researchers found that one of the groups that heavily supported Silvio Berlusconi was middle aged men because he lived the life they wanted - richer than God, scores of young models for bunga bunga at dissolute parties in his mansions.

[@csrw29]

He speaks with forked tongue.

[@xandrabarbera7397]

Worshipping aristocracy and the potent is a problem in countries where people for too many years have been treated and therefore behaved like SUBJECTS. Time to get rid of that and make monarchs and politicians accountable for their uselessness.

[@Ayeright.]

DumBo Johnson not only appointed the son of a Russian KGB agent to the House of Lords, but I've only just discovered that he spent £2.9 million on a briefing room in 10 Downing Street and gave the contract to a Russian company???

[@tomfinney3416]

dodgy little git , thats nigh on treason

[@davidhull1481]

Except for the Latin, much can be said as the same for Trump, at least in his earlier years. Due to his exposure on TV people thought they knew him, and other politicians, or “regular” people could not get away with the same behavior.

[@briansteele2723]

The man's personality and public service record is a disgrace, we can make 50 videos about this but despite that and being scolded in Commons select committees he is still in public office and collecting public money for current and past roles

[@thruknobulaxii2020]

Just shout: _ad montem_ at the old crook. And when he does, call in the artillery strike.

[@shekofathy5160]

He involved inside a crime already, Nw11 8nh , the building being burned with people inside it, and he makes people with justice being involved inside such horrible crime. And they still want hide this crime.

[@georgedoherty962]

I'm 76 years old and that leg stirs my heart. Just my heart ofcourse. I can hardly lift my leg.

[@LL-vk9zc]

Aah, but those boots.....

[@georgedoherty962]

Aye, boots an all, That poor lad cannot look down, he can only look at tbe ceiling or about a foot above her head. He won't half give the wife or tbe G/F r the both the works after that chat with her...poor lad.

[@greatunwashed1856]

Well, it might confuse you dear boy.

[@Maltloaflegrande]

3:34 When I think of Boris Johnson, what springs to mind immediately is the second syllable of the indicative present third person plural of the verb vincare (to conquer).

[@trevorjames1030]

Regardless of party ... ... Nullius in verba 😂

[@briancrowther3272]

In reply to Joe denota below I went to a secondary modern school. I made it through Sheffield Uni to become a senior petroleum geologist at EXXON. My subjects at uni physics, geology and geography, BSC. Later I did a poiltics BA degree at a good Australian Uni , UNE. At Sheffield I had my 1st real encounters with people from top private schools, 1 still a best mate, top fellow, great human being. Another other full of latin and social put downs, posing and nonsense. I had to do 29 hours face to face, he did 12. I had one chance at succeeding via Labour Govt policy getting me to uni, he flunked an english based subject (Ancient History for Bertram Russel's Tea Pot's sake), had to do physics and geology. Not knowing lation did not disadvantage me in my subjects, not having it did not stop me making connections. I could not imagine anything more useless and boring than doing. Knowing it well, and quotes etc only serves as a social ticket into the upper class, full of gits life this bottom hole. Aand why would anyone want to do that? Morally that guy was absolutely abhorrant, would undercut his own grandma to appear above some one else. The English class sytem is juts dreadful and it is destrying the UK. So glad I left Shell London fo that reason and went to Esso Australia. I hate witnessing the Engish undeserving deferrence from the lower classes towards the upper when I viist esp from my own family, it just make me want to vomit. My family I think recons I am insane when I refuse to show the appropriate deferrence. That deference is proably a function of too many people living in a small space and how things have settled......"FOR NOW". Bring on the revolution!!!!! I especially loath Johnson and Camron and May and Osborne. Their background should preclude them from becoming leaders in politics, in a sane world. Not a single Labour PM has come form an ordinary state school, The Rise And Fall Of The British Nation, by David Eggerton. And the stupid deferring English vote for these bottom holes, time and time again. Starmer, insipid Tory. So sad.

[@Demun1649]

He can't confuse me. I know Latin.

[@christopheroreilly3907]

"De mortis nil nisi bonim"

[@petergaskin1811]

De mortuis nil nisi bonum.

[@ATLmodK]

Further to the right of Nigel Farage? Is that possible?

[@PifflePrattle]

For a long time after the Norman invasion what we call toffs today talked French whilst of course the conquered rabble spoke Anglo Saxon. It's the reason why vagina will not cause YT to go into conniptions whilst another word starting with c will. Then of course Latin was the common language of priests and scholars. Newton published his great book in Latin and it didn't get translated into English for another 40 years. Not that most of our ancestors could have read it, even in the vernacular. _plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose_ The fellow in the discussion looks a but like Eric Blair to my eyes. How apt. Considering the subject.

[@Pathofplenty]

Bro was fighting himself not to look at her legs. Looks at ceiling, looks at floor, gotta fight it.

[@MrSamuelHorton]

Echo on this channel is deafening

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Veni Vidi Vici quo Vadis, I came I saw I shat. 😎👍

[@tomfinney3416]

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