(ANSA) - LONDON, NOV 22 - A speech punctuated with rhetorical jokes and inventions, in classic Boris Johnson style; but with a rate of oddity that this time made more than one turn up their noses. This is how it ended for the British Tory Prime Minister in the traditional speech before the assembly of industrialists of the CBI, the British Confindustria, held this year in the north of England: speech in which the head of the government of Her Majesty went so far as to quote Peppa Pig, a famous figure of the cartoons, indirectly comparing himself with Moses and attratti seemed to lose the thread; at least according to the most styled media, such as the pro-Labor Guardian who did not hesitate to abolish him as "rambling".
Evoking the need for the private sector to drive the recovery, beyond the massive public interventions made by his own government against the backdrop of the pandemic, the Prime Minister cited the example of the success of a theme park dedicated to Peppa Pig.
"I love Peppa Pig World, raise your hand if you've been there," he insisted, addressing an audience of perplexed businessmen.
Some of those present openly criticized him for not focusing seriously on the issue under discussion, the long-awaited plans for the north of England.
And, what's more, for asking the auditor if he had ever visited a kid's attraction within a hundred miles "and six hours' drive" from where he was.
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