Boris The Poet

[sunny-dave]

I hold no brief for President Erdogan and his suppression of free speech in Turkey - nor does Boris judging from his limerick written in response to Erdogan's crackdown a couple of months ago.

Context :

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/19/boris-johnson-wins-most-offensive-erdogan-poem-competition

Limerick :

There was a young fellow from Ankara
Who was a terrific wankerer
Till he sowed his wild oats
With the help of a goat
But he didn’t even stop to thankera

As poetry goes its carp, but he will have a mountain to climb at his first meeting with the unpleasant Erdogan ...

[ladybirder]

He'll cope. He's had plenty of practice.

[sandyRoe]

Carlton-Browne of the FO would have been more circumspect, maybe published the verse anonymously.

[sunny-dave]

I'd love to be a fly on the wall as the "Sir Humphreys" brief Boris ... :)

[ladybirder]

I'd pay for that s-d;-)

[ichkeria]

I would REALLY like to be that fly when he meets Obama.
'Here's a picture of my family Mr er Jolson ??'

[sunny-dave]

I'm sure he's been uncomplimentary about Hillary too - must have a google.

[sandyRoe]

This post brought to mind Sir Les Patterson. Am I being unfair to the Aussie diplomat?
http://www.tammytingles.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/25.jpg5.jpg

[sunny-dave]

Ah yes : 2007

“She’s got dyed blonde hair and pouty lips, and a steely blue stare, like a sadistic nurse in a mental hospital”

[sunny-dave]

He should sue BoJo for "passing off", Sandy

[aelmpvw]

//“She’s got dyed blonde hair and pouty lips, and a steely blue stare, like a sadistic nurse in a mental hospital.” //

boris johnson quote re hilary clinton

[Gromit]

The Spectator award a prize to their ex-Editor. That seems fair.

[sunny-dave]

Keeping it in the family, gromit :)

[wolf63]

yous are all being nasty to poor Boris. He amuses me and he has a brain and that's enough.

I was a little annoyed at all his IN → → → OUT stuff but now it's a new week and we will just have to see how it pans out.

Does he have a cat? Larry is still at number ten.

[-Talbot-]

Johnson – whose great-grandfather was Turkish – called it “a scandal” that a German court had granted an injunction to prevent comedian Jan Böhmermann repeating his offensive skit about the Turkish president.

“If somebody wants to make a joke about the love that flowers between the Turkish president and a goat, he should be able to do so, in any European country, including Turkey,”




Who can argue with that?

[sunny-dave]

I wasn't saying Boris was wrong (Erdogan is certainly a nasty bit of work when it comes to suppression of free speech), just that it has turned out to be rather a tricky situation - that someone with aspirations to National Leadership probably should have avoided.

[gness]

Poppycock, Dave.....I'd vote for him after reading that.....☺

Mind you.....I do like him lots...♥

[ichkeria]

I'm wondering if Johnson's been punished by being made a Foreign Secretary :-)
Like being dropped into a room full of all the people you ever insulted in your life(!)

[wolf63]

Dave ~ Boris has a plan, a cunning plan, and one day the planet will be his !


☺

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQk_832EAx4