Mayor of London
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That's my problem with Boris - he's plainly a very intelligent individual, but his smarts are geared towards the type of witty intellectual asides typical of the British middle and upper classes. He can make great japes with word play and ironic observation, which makes him attractive to our media and a jipper sport for current affairs news programs - but what relevance has this to a position of people and asset management, diplomacy and issue tendering? None.
Case in point, from that article Ribit posted up there about Routemaster buses:
“Bendy buses are miserable, inhuman and socialistic and should all be pensioned off to a Scandinavian airport.” - Boris JohnsonOk, so that made me smile - but what the fuck does it actually mean? Nothing. Where's a quantified analysis of evidence to support his claims? Nowhere - it's just a soundbite. I'm not particularly party-political for this reason - all these public schoolboy muffin toasters ever do is share wisecracks. I couldn't care less about their wit where matters of import are concerned - I want reason and action, not opinion and japery.
Frankly, I've never really 'liked' Red Ken - but he seems to have done quite a good job since I've lived down here - London's certainly not gone down the shitter over the past few years, which is why I voted for him, so he can continue on.
All this said, I really haven't a clue, and I'm supposedly a reasonably well-educated member of the middle class - this very fact sends shivers down my spine when it comes to election time. We're all fucking morons - sheep led forward by whichever bleating is loudest and most comforting.