With his resignation as British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson brought an end to a political career that was not only rich in scandal, but also in numerous media cheers and missteps. A selection.
The rugby shower: One of Boris Johnson’s most famous public misdeeds is “punching” a 10-year-old child during a rugby match in Tokyo, Japan, in 2015 (see above). “Sorry,” apologized Johnson, who was considered one of the greats of the Wall Game during his time at elite Eton school – a mixture of football and rugby that is as traditional as it is rough and played only there.
Fukushima joke: Two years later, Johnson was apparently hoping for diplomatic redress at a Anglo-Japanese security conference in London. To demonstrate how harmless products from the Fukushima region affected by the devastating reactor disaster are, he grabbed a can of peach juice there: “Very good, Fukushima peaches, mmm,” Johnson noted.
Wriggle on the rope: The photos of Johnson on a zipline at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London also went viral. Johnson, then mayor of the British metropolis, waved the Union Jack flag over the crowd, then squirmed over it — “like a damp towel,” noted an eyewitness to the “Guardian” at the time.
salmon kisses: Kissing a wild salmon to promote Brexit on the last day before the EU referendum in June 2016 seemed too much of a good thing, even for Johnson, who is otherwise never shy of an embarrassing appearance. It was just a fleeting hint.
“Peppa Pig World” It also turned animalistic in November 2021, when Johnson got caught up in his manuscript during a speech, preferring instead to talk about his visit to the “Peppa Pig World” amusement park. “I loved it,” Johnson gushed. There are safe streets and discipline in the schools. Johnson brushed off reporters’ questions: “I think people understood most of my messages. That went really well.”
Party Gate: Johnson’s attempt in January this year to justify his participation in a mid-lockdown “corona party” in May 2021 caused more shaking than laughter. Johnson said he didn’t know it was a party. He had assumed it had been a work meeting.
Lightsaber Dance: Countless internet users subsequently copied Johnson’s quote “I didn’t know it was a party…” and helped make a comeback to an earlier recording made when Johnson was mayor of London. Accompanied by Lionel Richie’s “All Night Long”, they have him do the rather awkward “lightsword dance”.
Source: Krone
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