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Those Red Boris moments in full

September 8th, 2008 1 Comment

The Tory Troll has a round-up – and a wonderful picture he hasn’t managed to track down the source of…

Update (from Ben): Boris’s latest Telegraph column considers the UN, meat-eating and overpopulation, but what’s this curious comment lurking inside it?
“We cannot all eat moose, like Sarah Palin.”
Why, the dastardly liberal elitist.

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‘Boris at the Olympics’ cartoon blog

September 6th, 2008 1 Comment

These cartoons are pretty good. For instance:
Boris at the Olympics: high dive

Hopefully it’ll keep going until the next Olympics!

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Private Eye nuggets

August 10th, 2008 1 Comment

A couple of Boris bits from the latest Eye. First, from Rotten Boroughs:
Boris & Ken
“The trouble we have — and it is one of the few things in politics which makes me almost wild with anger — is the sale of the playing fields, above all the sale of the playing fields in state schools,” [...]

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‘London’s New Mare’ song

July 29th, 2008 1 Comment

Hello again – I think we’re holidaying in shifts here at Boris Watch and I’ve arrived back from northern Belgium (where I was able to understand the job title of the Burgemeester greeting me in a local pamphlet thanks to a certain video – it’s an education, this Boris-watching business) in time to receive an [...]

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On The Offensive

July 23rd, 2008 6 Comments

At last, some news that should please truly *ahem* old skool Johnson acolytes.
Boris’s last two Telegraph columns have prompted hurt words and open invitations from Norway and Bognor.

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Ice cream company prefers ice cream to Boris (allegedly)

July 13th, 2008 1 Comment

News reaches us from central London that Wall’s ice cream company have come out against Boris… possibly. It does, I suppose, seem a bit strange that they would make this announcement via an advertising board on the pavement in Borough High Street, but here’s the photographic evidence:

Draw your own conclusions.

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Private Eye on ‘Mayor Scandal’

July 10th, 2008 9 Comments

This spoof item in the latest Private Eye is quite good.

I must try and fix my scanner at some point, so I don’t have to keep taking photos of things instead of scanning them.

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If…

July 1st, 2008 2 Comments

(Make your own)

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Separated at birth?

June 21st, 2008 4 Comments

Mrs. Stop Boris just noticed that the new (?) Friends Reunited logo bears quite a resemblance to that of a certain "politician". But does the similarity end there?

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