Riots? What Riots?
While London faces day after day of riots, looting and fires. Boris stays on holiday until... well, basically until he's dragged back screaming and kicking.
Boris Lies About Riots
Apr 07, 2012. Comments (2)
During the Newsnight Mayoral Debate, Boris openly lied about his reaction to August rioting in London.
In a debate aired on BBC2 during Newsnight, Boris proclaimed he had hurried back to London as fast as was "humanly possible" a statement he was challenged on by Ken Livingstone:
Boris: ...in an ideal world I would not have been out of the country, er, when, er, those riots happened. As it was I came back as soon as was humanly possible in the sense that I had to I was about 300 miles away from the nearest airport in a camper van on top of a mountain in the west coast of Canada, I did come back as fast as was humanly possible and we got on with the job of sorting it out er... working with the police to er... bring the whole thing under control and of course... er.. to get on with getting the funds and regeneration money that was necessary... er... to turn, to turn...
Ken: But that’s not true, Boris.
Boris: ...to turn Croydon, er, Tottenham, er, other places in London...
Ken: I heard, I saw you on television, when you were asked if you were coming back you said no. Part of the problem here is that although you said you wanted to get back, I saw you being interviewed on the second day of riots and you said you weren’t coming back. It was only when you came under pressure...
Boris: You can’t have seen me... I don’t think you should be accusing me of any kind of inaccuracy, you can’t have seen me because I was nowhere near a camera...
Ken: I remember what you said: “my coming back would be a reward for the rioters”. I don’t think they gave a damn either way, to be honest”.
Did Boris rush back as soon as possible? As Boris himself might say, er, well...er... no. He spoke to the BBC by phone on the second day of rioting, to say:
"I am not going to come back at the moment because I have complete confidence in the police and I think that they are doing a very, very good job"
In the same interview, he twice referred to Mark Duggan as "Michael Duggan". Stay classy, Boris. Even senior sources in the government were incredulous:
"There was a strong feeling that he should have announced he was coming back sooner. When you have the Home Secretary cutting short her holiday while the man who is in charge of London stays away, you have to wonder what's going on." Another said: "Anyone would think he didn't have an election to fight next year."
On his eventual return, the reception he received from the public, who'd lived through the riots while their mayor was living it up in Canada, was less than friendly in Battersea:
Papers including the Daily Mail, the Independent, the Financial Times and the Guardian roundly called Boris's decision not to end his holiday early a foolish error. Even the Telegraph, the paper Boris writes his "chickenfeed" £250,000 a year column agreed the stunt had damaged Boris's re-election prospects, so why does he assume voters have such a short memory?
More footage from Clapham Junct walkabout - a brilliant challenge to Boris!
Aug 15, 2011. Comments (3)
The clip wasn't shown on the news in the UK, but this young Londoner clearly knows a lot more about the cuts to youth provision, EMA and student fee hikes than the Mayor. Good work fella - bet Boris never even heard of Connexions!
Is 'crap in a crisis' the new 'daft haircut'?
Aug 09, 2011. Comments (1)
Boris heckled at riot clean-up, slinks away.
The tide is turning. Extraordinary scenes in Clapham today, as the kind people who were valiantly clearing up the riot-damaged streets greeted a visit from Mayor Boris with disdain.
Far from the reception he's used to at jolly photocalls, in the video below the Mayor is faced with heckles, questions he can't answer, and loud shouts of 'We want Ken Livingstone!'. Finally, he turns his back and walks away.
After taking three whole days to decide that widespread violence, destruction and police at breaking point was worth shortening his holiday for, what did he expect?
Twitter reaction was similarly unforgiving, with this tweet from @BobJWilliams being shared in all directions throughout the afternoon:
Dear people who voted for Boris as Mayor because he is a 'legend' and a 'right laff LOL'. He's not funny anymore is he?
So, does today mark a turning point in London's tolerance of a comedy right-winger in City Hall? Is being absent, unengaged and crap in a crisis now as much part of the 'Boris brand' as his floppy hair?
This comment from the YouTube page for the film probably best sums up the damage to Boris' chances of re-election:
Come on, were you really expecting any better than this? In a crisis situation, who in their right mind thinks "Quick, get Boris Johnson, he's just the man we need!"
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