Boris Johnson in trouble: "They are kidding the British"

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Boris Johnson is under a lot of pressure.

Parties in the middle of lockdown?

In the seat of government?

And then

explanation?

Boris Johnson, British Prime Minister:

'When I went into the garden I thought I was going to a business meeting.

I take full responsibility for what happened.

But nobody told me that the event was against the rules, didn't fit with what we expect from everyone else and that I shouldn't be participating."

So the British prime minister is said to have confused a garden party with a business meeting?

The man whose government sets the Corona rules defends himself by not knowing the rules himself?

That stunned a reporter.

Reporter:

You're kidding the British people.

You know how silly that sounds, don't you?"

The mockery follows quickly.

With a small celebration of some Johnson doubles in front of the seat of government.

Or with video montages that make fun of the Premier.

Boris Johnson, British Prime Minister:

“…because of the evidence that the number of omicron infections is doubling every two to three days.

And we know from painful experience how these exponential curves develop.«

And even the little ones in Great Britain know: Something just doesn't fit.

Layla, five years:

»He was naughty.

He now has to go to the naughty center to tell everyone he's sorry for attending a party in lockdown.'

Many politicians avoid moments that can produce unpleasant images.

Johnson, on the other hand, seems to attract, even seek, such situations, especially before he became Prime Minister.

Because he also liked to party when he was mayor of London.

At that time he was also involved in sports, sometimes less successful, sometimes more.

Sometimes as a fan, sometimes over-motivated.

But there are also moments that are too weird even for Johnson.

Kissing a fish – that doesn't have to be the case even for Brexit.

As strange as some performances were, others were questionable.

Whether he sees a dead monkey as a member of the political competition...

Boris Johnson, British Prime Minister:

'Who is this poor fellow?

Looks like a Labor backbench.”

… or in Bristol in a temple of the Sikhs, who strictly reject alcohol, advertises himself by talking enthusiastically about whiskey.

Boris Johnson, British Prime Minister:

'There are 150 per cent duties in India on importing Scotch whiskey.

So we had to take him from the duty free shop for our families.

But now imagine if there was a free trade agreement with India that will happen..."

Listener:

»When I heard that on the news, I thought: under no circumstances am I going to vote for the Tories.

I don't want alcohol, I'm a practicing Sikh.

To me, that's outrageous."

Johnson has always liked to try things out in front of everyone.

There was only one thing he couldn't imagine: that

would

could become prime minister.

Boris Johnson, British Prime Minister:

'It's not going to happen.

I'm more likely to be reincarnated as an olive, locked in an abandoned fridge, or beheaded by a flying Frisbee."

The fact that Johnson finally managed to do it could be called British humor.

It's a bit of a shame: as prime minister, he's more isolated, and there have been

strange pictures

.

But he still has highly official and important speeches.

In front of leading representatives of British industry.

Boris Johnson, British Prime Minister:

"Yesterday, as we all must, I was at Peppa Pig World. Hands up who's been to Peppa Pig World. That's not enough! I wasn't quite sure what I was doing would find in Peppa Pig World, but I loved it. It's just my kind of place."

Boris Johnson, British Prime Minister:

"There are very safe roads, there is discipline in the schools, there are new local transport systems - even if Daddy Pig is portrayed as a bit of a cliché."

And also at the UN.

Boris Johnson, British Prime Minister:

'And when Kermit the Frog... Kermit the Frog... sang: It's not easy being green.

Do you remember?

I want you to know he was wrong.

He was wrong.

It's easy.

It's easy, lucrative, and right to be green.

I also thought he was unnecessarily rude to Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog.”

Now the question is whether Johnson will survive the excitement about the illegal parties politically.

The result is open.

But what is already clear: it could hardly be more entertaining without him.