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Boris and the Politics/Language of Language/Politics (Again.)

June 18th, 2008 6 Comments

The Tory Troll has an excellent report of today’s Mayoral Questions. Particularly eye-catching today was Boris’ particular use of language:

“But as his questioners refused to be fobbed off, he lost all patience and accused them of being ‘pompous’ and obsessed with the ‘prosopography’ of his administration.
And as if that language wasn’t ‘clear and unambiguous’ enough, [...]

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