I should follow the news more...
I was saying today to a colleague that, amazingly, Boris Johnson had managed to stay gaffe-free since being elected.
Not as in policies - his "no open alcohol containers on public transport" is an effectively illegal, unworkable policy at this moment. But that's to be expected from Boris.
No, I meant he's not said anything dumb.
Nobody has been offended by him yet.
My colleague also wondered at this. And I mean "wondered". As in, we could stick a big sign outside City Hall that says "It has been N days since Boris offended a region, class of worker or cultural group" and people would now look at the figure N and declare it the Eighth Wonder of the World.
I could take a picture of it. In future times, people would look at it and say "Look! Double figures! Isn't that AMAZING?!?"
I posited that his handlers might have gagged him, bound him, and locked him in the basement. I couldn't think of any other explanation.
Then another colleague mentioned he went on holiday three weeks after winning.
Well, it's still double figures without a gaffe. And I prefer my explanation. Perhaps they let him out for the holiday.
Still, the open alcohol containers ban will be instructive. We'll see how his handlers want to play...
Not as in policies - his "no open alcohol containers on public transport" is an effectively illegal, unworkable policy at this moment. But that's to be expected from Boris.
No, I meant he's not said anything dumb.
Nobody has been offended by him yet.
My colleague also wondered at this. And I mean "wondered". As in, we could stick a big sign outside City Hall that says "It has been N days since Boris offended a region, class of worker or cultural group" and people would now look at the figure N and declare it the Eighth Wonder of the World.
I could take a picture of it. In future times, people would look at it and say "Look! Double figures! Isn't that AMAZING?!?"
I posited that his handlers might have gagged him, bound him, and locked him in the basement. I couldn't think of any other explanation.
Then another colleague mentioned he went on holiday three weeks after winning.
Well, it's still double figures without a gaffe. And I prefer my explanation. Perhaps they let him out for the holiday.
Still, the open alcohol containers ban will be instructive. We'll see how his handlers want to play...