Switched on the TV evening news last night. Chose France TV rather than TF1. This evenings guest was none other than the illustrious Boris Johnson. The man who made Brexit happen and delivered the UK from the clutches of Bruxelles. He was pushing his book. The cameo on the NHS,and how it would be awash with resources now that it would receive the money previously sent to the EU, was a bit pointed.
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And completely false.
I was impressed with his French.
I would welcome the opportunity to punch him in his smug face.
I wouldnāt actually do it, but Iād like to think I would.
He deserves all sorts of retribution for the misery and misfortune he has inflicted on the UK and its citizens.
Really? I saw something not so long ago where he went to visit some distant relative (not Stanley) who lived in a chateau somewhere in France. He mumbled a few words in French upon greeting said relative, then struggled to say a few words about the decor of the house or the pictures hanging on the wall or something, and then switched to English.
It made me think his ādonnez-moi un breakā gaffe wasnāt intended as a joke.
ETA: I should say that I normally never criticise anybody over their language skills (my missus will tell you that I make plenty of mistakes myself) as long as theyāre making an effort to speak French, but when it comes to Bozo then Iām prepared to ignore my self-imposed rules and will happily take the piss out of him at any and every occasion.
Iām with @gareth on this one - the only times I have heard his French it has appeared somewhat lacking. Especially as he lived in Brussels for 5 years when he was the Telegraphās āEuropean Correspondentā.
Much as it pains me, to be fair, no one is really going to improve their French in Brussels.
Iām supposed to be working instead of posting videos of Johnson massacring the French language, but this is too good to not shareā¦
His attempt at humour fell flat (ādecapitated by a frisbeeā?) and then he had to resort to answering the legitmate - and not particularly difficult - question in English.
Heād probably have improved it more had he engaged in journalism (and thus, you know, had to speak to people in languages other than English) rather than just inventing stories.
@billybutcher Please stop with the aggressive against anything you do not agree with.
@flobil youāre not on very firm ground defending the indefensible. 
Why on earth does it have to come down to this. I have my opinion and you have yours. You do not need to tell me I am bringing a thought to this forum which is āindefensibleā. How arrogant and not listening to other points of view
Boris Johnsonās many deficiencies are not matters of opinion, they are established fact. He was sacked by the Times for inventing quotes for newspaper articles, he was found guilty by the courts of breaking his own lockdown rules, he was removed by his own colleagues as party leader for covering up the transgressions of MP Chris Pincher and Owen Patterson and his own āPartygateā transgressions, and his numerous proven lies about Brexit and many other matters are on public record.
You may like him, thatās your prerogative, but pointing out facts about his abysmal record of dishonesty as a journalist, politician, and a human being is neither being āaggressiveā nor āarrogantā.
I await your Nadine Dorries-inspired justification of why Boris is a saint whose every action has been misunderstood by an ungrateful world.
Thanks Chris - would have been my point exactly. It is a matter of record, not opinion that Johnson largely made up stuff. He even admitted as much in interviews.
He is a serial adulterer who would not recognise the truth of a 10-tonne box of the stuff landed on his head.
But, you only quote āfactā, which it is not, only subjective opinion from a journoā¦
I am not sure R Reeves or Starmer or Big Ange would recognise the truth either?
Whilst weāre at it, letās not forget that Boris Johnson was involved in the plot by Darius Guppy to physically attack an investigative journalistā¦ When Guppy said he was arranging for his heavies to give Stuart Collier a couple of black eyes and broken ribs once they knew Collierās address, Johnson is on tape saying āOK, Darry, I said Iāll do it. Iāll do it, donāt worry.ā
Are you saying thatās a subjective opinion too?
ETA: this is always worth watchingā¦
Iām literally quoting Johnson himself.
Or have you fully entered a post truth state?
Looks like another one for the bozo bin. I donāt have a problem with different points of view but thereās a certain detachment from reality going on here these days.
The thing about things with which I disagree is that I, errr, disagree with them.
If you view that disagreement as agression I am not quite sure how I address that - having reviewed my comments regarding Mr Johnson they do not seem agressive to me.
Or perhaps youād like me to pretend to agree, so as not to upset you?
Why not start a thread on that, instead of howling at the moon trying to defend the liar and ānasty piece of workā Johnson?