O/T Boris Johnson Top Bloke

O/T Boris Johnson Top Bloke

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steve harrison

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461 posts

280 months

Wednesday 24th April 2002
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President BLiar is upset by remarks in The Spectator (among others) to the effect that he was miffed to get only a walk-on part at the Queen Mother's funeral and his poodle is whining to the PCC

Boris Johnson, editor of the spectator is quoted by the Beeb as saying:

"I am very sorry that Alastair Campbell has taken this decision but I can see that he got his tits in the wringer"

This man is a nutter and my nomination for Top Bloke of the week.

plotloss

67,280 posts

283 months

Wednesday 24th April 2002
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A worthy replacement for Micheal Heseltine as Tory Candidate (like there is ever going to be another party there) for Henley on Thames!

He is indeed a top fella.

Matt.

DIGGA

42,898 posts

296 months

Wednesday 24th April 2002
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Anyone have the number for his tailor?!

Or barber for that matter.

Fatboy

8,196 posts

285 months

Wednesday 24th April 2002
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He definately is - first time I saw him on Have I got news for You I thought he was a bit of a tit, but he does appear to be quite a funny bloke. Specially after that comment

ATG

21,986 posts

285 months

Wednesday 24th April 2002
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He doesn't take himself too seriously which is a great trait and, although he is obviously mad as a fish, he thinks for himself. Wish there were a few more like him.

Unlike Ubertwatmeister Blair. A friend used to work at Buckingham Palace ... consensus was Blair and his wife in particular are rude, arrogant and shameless. Another friend who is a journo was on the direct receiving end of a No.10/Campbell smear campaign which nearly cost her her job and made her life a living hell for several weeks, simply because No.10 wanted to squash a trivial non-story that, unfortunately for them, was completely and verifiably true. While I'm at it, they even got the Guardian to write a half page article in their media section on why my friend was a Tory biggot witch on a vendetta ... failing to mention, oddly enough, that she was a fully paid up member of the Labour Party and came from a commited socialist working class family and the incedent she reported in muted tones was witnessed by about 1000 other people.

Incedent was actually quite funny. Blair turned up on a balcony overlooking the dealing pits at LIFFE. Someone asked him if he thought he was Eva Peron. Then a crowd starting singing "Tony Blair's a w*nker, he wears a w*nker's hat, he think's he's Margret Thatcher, but he's a f**king tw*t". I should point out that my friend didn't report any of this behaviout directly, but said something like "he was met with some heckling before some of the younger traders approached him for an autograph" which you'd think was quite innocuous.

plotloss

67,280 posts

283 months

Wednesday 24th April 2002
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ATG,

What a marvellous story, oh to have been at LIFFE that day!

Matt.

steve harrison

Original Poster:

461 posts

280 months

Wednesday 24th April 2002
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Ah, things are looking up. (see my posting "A bad day already")

I've just walked down to the town to buy a sarnie singing the Tony Blair song to myself. It's hugely satisfying, trips easily of the tongue and allows you to walk at a brisk but comfortable pace, I strongly recommend it. The sun is shining, the pretty girls are out and about and I am at one with the world

You are soooo right plotloss. What I wouldn't have given to see his little lip tremble as those nasty dealoers call him rude names.

DIGGA

42,898 posts

296 months

Wednesday 24th April 2002
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What I wouldn't have given to see his little lip tremble as those nasty dealoers call him rude names.



Viscious, uncultured, capitalist, city-boy, rotweillers! Fair play to them for blowing the whistle, and speaking out against Tonytalitarianism.

It would be very refreshing to see someone as candid, unpretentious and utterly human as Boris in the media, in place of the grinning one.

plotloss

67,280 posts

283 months

Wednesday 24th April 2002
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Wasnt it also the LIFFE boys who were photocopying £50 notes to throw at the great unwashed during the anti-capitalism demonstrations in the city?

Its seems that the Futures market is a hotbed of comic genius!

Matt.

XPLOD

53 posts

279 months

Wednesday 24th April 2002
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Yes, it was true about the £50 notes. A friend of mine works at Goldman Sachs and knows a lot of the people at LIFFE, and he relayed that tale just after it happened! Top blokes!

ATG

21,986 posts

285 months

Wednesday 24th April 2002
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The anti-capitalist people were trying to break into the LIFFE floor ... needn't have bothered ... quite a few traders were perfectly happy to bring the fight to them on the pavement outside ... bless their hearts.

Fatboy

8,196 posts

285 months

Wednesday 24th April 2002
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I always thought traders were tossers, but reading this lot makes me think they are in fact top blokes with a great sense of humour

HarryW

15,471 posts

282 months

Wednesday 24th April 2002
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Top story about the LIFFE song, once the No 10 machine gets wind that this story is doing the rounds you can bet Ted will not be on the Christmas card list anymore
The only thing that would worry me is 'their' ability to use the services of certain people (word scanners prevent using any abbreviations, suffice to say three letters) who will extract revenge

Harry

Don't you just love the ability of the net to start urban myths (i.e. not serious about the above if you need it spelling out)

MikeyT

17,241 posts

284 months

Friday 26th April 2002
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Incedent was actually quite funny. Blair turned up on a balcony overlooking the dealing pits at LIFFE. Someone asked him if he thought he was Eva Peron. Then a crowd starting singing "Tony Blair's a w*nker, he wears a w*nker's hat, he think's he's Margret Thatcher, but he's a f**king tw*t". I should point out that my friend didn't report any of this behaviout directly, but said something like "he was met with some heckling before some of the younger traders approached him for an autograph" which you'd think was quite innocuous.



That is a top story and I can imagine Blair's face, probably imagined it was sort of 'backhanded compliment ' – "how could they possibly think that of me, El Presidente?".

With his forced smile, I think they're gonna have to fill him full of Botox quite soon (and Cherie too) otherwise when he eventually throws in the towel (when his 25-year-old son succeeeds him) he'll look like some old prune ...

Jason F

1,183 posts

297 months

Friday 26th April 2002
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consensus was Blair and his wife in particular are rude, arrogant and shameless


On the plus side, Lord Irvin is even ruder to the PM

The £50 notes thing is true. As is the unwashed getting in to start a fight with the traders, unfortunately for them Pit Traders are animals, and having kicked seven shades of s**t outta the unwashed, they then persued them out into the street to kick some more. Have seen footage (Liffe CCTV) of one of the traders jumping down the stairs, punching and kicking the unwashed as he went.. Funny as hell.. Also, bear in mind most traders are w*****s

And my tuppence, Boris is indeed a Top Bloke, remember him arm wrestling Jeremy Clarkson..

>> Edited by Jason F on Friday 26th April 19:52