Boris Takes the Plunge
This crosses over from ‘laughing with’, into ‘laughing at’…
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Lord Lamont told ITV News…
“I think the PM is just human and Ed Balls is a pretty irritating person”
Old news Guido – this happened on Wednesday, was on HIGNFY on Friday.
Bit slow aren’t we Guido?
Boom boom, let me hear ya say wayyyyyyyyy oooooooooohhhhhhhhh……
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wayyyyyyyyy oooooooooohhhhhhhhh!
He manages more dignity falling on his fat arse in a river that Jonah manages while reshuffling his basket of turds.
The Penguin
It was much funnier when we saw it earlier
shriveled johnsons.
Hmmmm. If this was a caption competition I’d be tempted to say: “Shit happens!”
Certainly not a Tory Wet!…That is so last week.
Your dredging them up now.
brings a new take to “fill yer boots” , could have been checking his moat for duck houses .
if its caption comp
“as the london mayor wades through the beaurocratic nightmare that is the GLC , Boris regretts finding a black hole in the liquid assetts “
caesars wife says:
“the beaurocratic nightmare that is the GLC , Boris regretts finding a black hole in the liquid assetts “
I think you mean the LRB. The Gas Light and Coke Company ceased to exist a long time ago.
OT
Sky News are reporting that Brown is meeting Labour activists this afternoon and it will be live on Sky from 3.15pm.
Is this the shindig at West Ham town hall?
Cheers, was wondering if someone was going to broadcast that.
Looking forward to watching a heckling mob turn up there
How old is this? Plus, how do you fall into a river you were already in?
Boris is a golden ray of sunshine in a grey political day.
HOW old is this??? How very last week…….
As grandma B said…..
Guido, Brown’s stage-managed “meeting with activists” at West Ham town hall this afternoon has been brought forward to 3.15pm and will be live on Sky News.
It has also provoked an angry backlash from genuine Labour Party activists:
“Here’s Kirsty MacNeil, Brown’s 28-year-old speechwriter, emailing young activists to encourage them to come and fill a town hall in east London when her boss gives a speech there later this afternoon.
She sent out a first email last night, a long cri de coeur about how impressive the party’s base has been during the election campaign and that Gordon wants to hold a meeting “to thank you in person”. She then sent a later email with a time change. The event is now earlier, meaning there will be more time “to plot further in the pub afterwards”, she jokes.
It’s uncomfortable recounting an email in a blog – especially as MacNeill’s tone makes it clear how upset she is for Brown – but I do so because it’s forwarded to me by three activists, all incandescent.
Why were they angry? Not at the plotting joke, just the idea that Brown has a burning desire to thank young activists in person, rather than a desire to get bums on seats to impress the media…………”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2009/jun/07/kirsty-macneil-gordon-brown-email
Nasty interpretation! Lighten up, mate.
‘Cause I’m in too deep, and I’m trying to keep,
Up above in my head, instead of going under
Instead of going under’…
It’s not very nice of the British government to send someone who looks like Adolf Hitler to the D-Day veterans rally in France yesterday:
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/105905/Minister-quizzed-over-arms-firm-links-
Excepting that Hitler could do a fake smile, better. Bob looked like he was snarling at the world.
Watch the video and notice that Boris put his foot into a piece of the riverbed which had a hole in it.
That river bed is like Gordon Brown’s policies. Water-filled but with unexpected holes ready to trap the unwary.
yawn
Guido you been well behind the curve this week mate
everything ok?
I think Boris is a pretty cool guy. eh falls in rivers and doesnt afraid of anything.
Hardly a scoop, Guido.
Boris looks a bit bumbling but he doesn’t actually stumble, the riverbed unexpectedly became much deeper to his right and he slid into the hole. (They gave him the stick to avoid this happening).
Ken Livingstone falling into the Thames from high-speed inflatable rafts was funnier.
He was at least doing something useful when the slip occured, unlike McDoom whose usfulness ended some considerable time ago.
Guido, you are so wrong! Boris seemed genuinely amused by his fall. He’s a breath of fresh air in politics.
Boris not quite out of his depth.
The comments at the time were mostly laughing with – possibly because Boris always looks as if he is on the verge of falling into something, and it’s nice to have your expectations fulfilled occasionally. Never a dull moment.
Pollution – Boris Steps In
Fair play to Boris for actually getting stuck in. Most NuLab photocalls involve very swift clandestine appearances in front of carefully hand picked party faithfull, a few handshakes, shit-eating grins, and stage managed applause for the cameras and then they are whisked off to safety in a Zil.
Boris Johnson is a Shit!
“Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, claimed £16.50 for a Remembrance Sunday wreath on his expenses during his time as an MP.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5431700/MPs-expenses-Boris-Johnson-claimed-16.50-for-Remembrance-Sunday-wreath.html
Good point. Not heard Dale denouncing him for this. The other Tory who did this was called an absolute c*nt.
Tory bloggers = hypocritical twats
When Ken told Boris to go jump in a lake, he didnt expect him to actually do it.
Sorry Guido, late and not exactly on topic. couldn’t for the life of me see newt man getting in a river to help. Well done Boris for having the balls to get in the river, well done for falling in and well done for having something to say to the media after.
Gudio, I’m disappointed, was this in the name of balance?
Um, he was already in the ‘river’ (try channel or stream), how does one fall into something one is already in?
ok smart arse, ‘in for ‘over’ the point remains.
Ok I know I’ve left a ‘ out, it’s a typo. but the quaggy is a river.
Whilst in ‘Peckham Trotteresque’, I’ve always thought of him as being a bit of a ‘plonker’, Rodney!
At least the man, despite the soaking, still had some wit and humour about him.
Hello Boris old thing! Haven’t seen you since the Regatta. Have you heared? Brown’s Dace are numbered.
very clever
Frightfuly funny. Old Boris can sure bring a smile to the nations face.
Poor old Dave can only look on in jealousy at Boris’s popularity.
Not heard from the Titanic for a while now; hope they’re all ok….
I noticed how the BBC showed Boris’s cheerful reply on tele following the slip into deeper water, but Channel4 did not – just using the sinking shot alone to mock Boris. Subtle difference, but one showed Boris to be good humoured in the face of the embassment, the other just showed him in an embarassing situation.
subtle bias anyone?
Lots of subtle bias, but subtle bias by the BBC? Don’t think so. However, I love your Gordon Unplugged Guido.