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I loved his electoral spin that as he had a Turkish grandfather he couldn't possibly be racist...

Fuck! That's alright then I take it all back.

;)

God knows he had to try and do something as damage limitation the number of race related gaffs he's committed over the past several months. It's almost as though he believes people of an ethnic background to be intellectually inferior and in need of the support of civilized, cultured, white colonial gentlemen. Hmmm, now no way would this be a popular view perpetuated at one of the oldest and most exclusive educational establishments in a country that once prided itself on the might of its empire...

Arf. I've just noticed you icon too. *Facist. *Oh I found that saddle for you too, do you still need it?

to be fair Boris' missus is half sikh, he decided not to parade that around as an example of non-racism when people were accusing him of all sorts

"Etonian fuckwit"

"white toff"

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i don't think boris is actually a racist. for fucks sake. he has an unfortunate turn of phrase though that probably results from his background, which he really needs to sort out.

going to eton doesn't automatically make a person a knob, and talking about "the might of the empire" is tosh in this context.

i was in liverpool at the time he made that particular faux pas, and whilst many were outraged, most of the scousers i knew there agreed.

Arf. I've just noticed you icon too. *Facist. *Oh I found that saddle for you too, do you still need it?

Everyone knows the Nazis had uniforms to die for, darling. Got a cheapy one off fleabay but thanks all the same.

I can see Boris campaigning outside right now.

Oh, it's an Afghan Hound licking its own bollocks.

My mistake

i don't think boris is actually a racist. for fucks sake. he has an unfortunate turn of phrase though that probably results from his background, which he really needs to sort out.

going to eton doesn't automatically make a person a knob, and talking about "the might of the empire" is tosh in this context.

i was in liverpool at the time he made that particular faux pas, and whilst many were outraged, most of the scousers i knew there agreed.

I tend to agree to a certain extent. I do however think that Boris's use of such unfortunate phraseology when he's not only in the public eye but running for Mayor in one of the world's most multicultural cities is nothing short of crassly stupid. This alone makes him a knob. Albeit an entertaining one that I wouldn't mind sharing a few scoops with, reckon he'd be a laugh. But Mayor? Tin bath.

i agree.

to be fair Boris' missus is half sikh, he decided not to parade that around as an example of non-racism when people were accusing him of all sorts

Hmmm... not quite what he told the BBC Asian Network

eats humble pie

Anyone who smashes their way through Eton and Oxford can hardly be called a "fuckwit"

But then i suppose if he'd done that and then ran off down the pits and spoke with a more regional tongue that he'd be acceptable wouldn't he

""My children are a quarter Indian, so put that in your pipe and smoke it . You can't out-ethnic me."

remember that's THE MIRROR.

the left equivalent of the Mail/Sun.....put that in your pipe

Anyone who smashes their way through Eton and Oxford can hardly be called a "fuckwit"

Thanks. I'd love to.

what isn't left of the mail/sun?

As i said the left equivalent, as opposed to just being to the left ....but fair call.

Anyone who smashes their way through Eton and Oxford can hardly be called a "fuckwit"

But then i suppose if he'd done that and then ran off down the pits and spoke with a more regional tongue that he'd be acceptable wouldn't he

I don't mean he's academically stupid, far from it. But see the comment above in relation to how he conducts himself in the public eye. He's clearly very intelligent but parodies himself 'good old bumbling Boris' and I believe this is backfiring on him from a public opinion perspective.

My point is that if he presents himself as being massively out of touch with modern society (who would write about 'picaninnies' ffs and expect to be taken seriously) then he'll rightly be perceived as such...

And that in itself when running for Mayor is pretty dim.

As for keeping whippets, wearing a cloth cap, and workin' down t'pit. If he were such a person but equally clueless in nurturing his public profile it wouldn't make a blind bit of difference.

He's a lovable knob as far as I'm concerned.

What really gauls me is a)the majority of Londoners are against the Iraq invasion, but seem to have forgotten that Boris is completely pro-war, and b)Conservative voters who are blindly voting for Boris 'cause he's Tory' yet have haven't even looked at his manifesto!*

More on Boris (from the left, but why wouldn't it be?): http://www.newstatesman.com/200804300002

going to eton doesn't automatically make a person a knob.

yes it does.

+1 to the above.

I voted Ken. I will be truly saddened if come tomorrow evening, Boris has won.

To para phrase Charlie Brooker. "I'd sooner vote for a dog than Boris Johnson. Cartoon characters should only run cartoon city's". "Don't toss London to a right wing moron, no matter how funny you find his bumbling persona."

Never a truer word.

+1 to the above.

I voted Ken. I will be truly saddened if come tomorrow evening, Boris has won.

+1