If anything was needed to convince me that it is essential that Boris wins, this dreadful feature in the Grauniad would be it. I don't mean the silly piece by Zoe Williams, who appears not to have noticed that Boris' opponent is proud to embrace a man who demands that gay men should be stoned and who honours suicide murderers. I mean the idiotic quotes afterwards:
Vivienne WestwoodThat's what it boils down to, really. Any vote for someone with whom you don't agree is a 'sham'. I imagine the quote was in fact from Robert Mugabe and the subs got it mixed up with the views of a woman who designs dresses, because, well, you would leave all poliitcal decisions to a clothes designer, wouldn't you?
Fashion designer"Boris as mayor? Unthinkable. It just exposes democracy as a sham, especially if people don't vote for Ken - he's the best thing in politics. Unthinkable."
Bonnie GreerAh, yes, live and let live, we're all God's children, eh, Bonnie? Unless we live in a nice part of town, in which case we are scum.Writer
"Boris Johnson in the role of mayor would feel like being trapped on the set of The Wizard of Oz minus the soundtrack and the Technicolor. His election would be the ultimate triumph of the Kensington and Chelsea gulag and the Bullingdon Ascendancy. Please, London. I moved from New York City, for God's sake, to live among you. Don't choose the clown!"
Arabella WeirMy favourite. At least if she's true to her word, there'll one less moaning lefty for the Grauniad to quote. But then again, if she's like most of her fellow lefties, she's lying and making a promise she has no intention of delivering on.
Actor and writer"I will go on hunger strike and throw myself in front of the next horse at Ascot if he wins. Failing that I was going to say I'll sleep with him, but he'd probably say yes. So instead I'll chain myself to the railings of his house. And then I'll move out of London. How do we trust a guy who says he knows about London, when he's just taken three of his kids out of state school and put them into private schools? That's a man in touch with the people. He's loathsome. He's everything that's wrong with the upper classes at their worst. Limited, pompous, without any breadth of vision or sense of inclusion. But I don't even think he thinks he's up to the job. He said it for a laugh, is my guess, and now he's got to go through with it."
As for this chap:
Dr Nonee Sen, 68Not sure I'd want Dr Sen representing me in court, since he appears not to know the difference between the concepts of little and much. Unless he's an expert on life on Jupiter, he means "Boris has as much knowledge of multiculturalism..." Thanks for your opinions, thicko.
Barrister"Boris has as little knowledge of multiculturalism as I have of life on Jupiter. He used to go to this club in Oxford called the Bullingdon Club, full of snobs and creative conmen. The man has not only no physical ability to run anything, he is immoral and a bully. Boris as mayor would be like discovering you had piles and there was no cure for it."
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Ross
May 1st, 2008 12:28pmThis stuff is priceless!
Niall
May 1st, 2008 12:57pmIf you think that comment from Vivienne Westwood is odd, listen to her interview with Simon Mayo on 5 Live last Friday. She is ****ing nuts.
Matt
May 1st, 2008 1:47pmtry googling his name - doesn't appear anywhere. Either he retired years ago or is non-practicing.
Bit cheeky calling himself a 'barrister', really - although it could be technically correct.
Windsor Tripehound
May 1st, 2008 3:39pmThe total lack of self-knowledge of these posters would be staggering - if it were not for the fact that they are up-themselves Guardianistas.
And Matt, just read Dr Nonee Sen's name out loud quite quickly and then ask your self whether it is just remotely possible that someone has been taking the you-know-what out of the Grauniad.
Tiberius
May 1st, 2008 4:21pmThat's the trouble with multicult, WT. You can't tell an immigrant from a sock-puppet.
Water
May 1st, 2008 5:45pmStephen you call the doctor (in a very adult fashion) a "thicko"! Have you noticed that three of your posts in the last three days have spelling mistakes!
Stephen Pollard
May 1st, 2008 7:16pmYes.
Lee Jakeman
May 1st, 2008 11:48pmOn the subject of spelling, I've always maintained that the primary purpose of language is to communicate. If the occasional word gets mis-spelled or mis-typed, but the author still manages to communicate what he is trying to say, then the purpose of language could be said to have been served. The alternative American spellings of certain words doesn'y bother me in the slightest. Nor does the mis-spelling of the odd word here and there. Looking back over what I've just written, I notice that I've mis-typed "doesn't" as "doesn'y". I COULD correct it, but I think I'll just leave it as it is and upset Water.
Water
May 2nd, 2008 7:07amLee Jakeman try to upset me all you want, I don’t easily get offended. Also I’m not so pompous as to say my own spelling is perfect. But to label other people as "thick" (as mature as that is) and then make mistakes of that order doesn't exactly bode well for the author, this is irrefutable.
Ian C
May 2nd, 2008 6:57pmI may be wrong, but I don't recall seeing this the sort of thing being said about Ken or Tony in print when they were elected by the 'ridiculous right'. The impression just confirms what most people think of these over-educated loony luvvy types, with nothing better to apply their mushy brains to (let her throw herself in front of a horse at Ascot - let's hold her to it), whio are far more elitist than any said 'upper class' politicians who have been through the mill to get to where they are. Upper class is a term used only by the class warrior class - and it is meaningless today and has been for decades.
Ann
May 2nd, 2008 8:18pm"Nor does the mis-spelling of the odd word here and there" - there is no hyphen in misspelling, dear boy.
RobinHK
May 3rd, 2008 6:45pm"Boris has as little knowledge of multiculturalism as I have of life on Jupiter."
There's nothing wrong with that sentence. It means:"I have little knowledge of life on Jupiter; Boris has equally little knowledge of multiculturalism."
Makes perfect sense.
Lee Jakeman
May 4th, 2008 8:12am"Nor does the mis-spelling of the odd word here and there" - there is no hyphen in misspelling, dear boy."
So what?
Commondog
May 4th, 2008 2:01pmMulticulturalism IS life on Jupiter.
Burns
May 5th, 2008 5:14pmNice. Since when does one require physical attributes to be able to run anything?
Alf Tupper
May 6th, 2008 5:42pmArabella Weir's is a corker:
"How do we trust a guy who says he knows about London, when he's just taken three of his kids out of state school and put them into private schools?"
Well I trust him because he loves his kids - like yer do - and doesn't want them to suffer?
Or is it me? Have I missed her register? Have I not peeled enough skins of her onion?
Veritas
May 7th, 2008 1:33amThat Alan Rickman is an unusually obnoxious leftist.