Oiks of the world, Boris Johnson has your number.

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poptart_fairy: Apr 08, 2009; $10 Spy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8340865.stm

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Johnson saves woman from 'oiks'

London mayor Boris Johnson has rescued a woman who was being attacked by an armed group of young girls, chasing them down the road on his bicycle.

Franny Armstrong called for help as she was surrounded and pushed by the girls, one of whom had an iron bar, in Camden, north London, on Monday night.

The mayor, who was cycling past, stopped and chased the girls down the street, calling them: "Oiks".

Ms Armstrong said: "He was my knight on a shining bicycle."

'Very frightening'

Film-maker and climate change activist Ms Armstrong was walking home when she was approached by the group of hoodie-wearing girls.

She said: "I was texting on my phone so didn't notice the girls until they pushed me against the car, quite hard.

"I noticed that one had an iron bar in her hand - it was very frightening."

Ms Armstrong called out for help from the nearest cyclist, who turned out to be Mr Johnson.

"He said to the girls: 'What do you think you are doing?'

"He picked up the iron bar, called after the girls and cycled after them."

She said the mayor returned a few minutes later and walked her home.

Ms Armstrong directed the film Age of Stupid and is the founder of the 10:10 campaign, which aims to cut carbon emissions by 10% in 2010.

She admitted that she did not agree with Mr Johnson's politics and had voted for rival Ken Livingstone in the 2008 mayoral election.

But Ms Armstrong added: "If you find yourself down a dark alleyway and in trouble I think Boris would be of more use than Ken."

A spokeswoman for Mr Johnson confirmed that the incident took place but said the mayor would not comment further on the matter.

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“ He picked up the iron bar, called after the girls and cycled after them ”
Franny Armstrong

Alright, so this guy is a bit

at time, but holy poo poo if that isn't the best way to ensure his job security. If you other Brits don't keep this

Mayor in power, our country will be so much the worse for it.

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# ? Nov 03, 2009 17:49

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# ? Nov 22, 2009 00:37

golem_ii: Dec 22, 2004; some say he plum crazy

poptart_fairy posted:

If you other Brits don't keep this Mayor in power, our country will be so much the worse for it.

Yeah Bozzer!! What a legernd!!!

# ? Nov 03, 2009 17:55

Noreaus: May 22, 2008

I am constantly sure Johnson knows exactly what he is doing, especially when he is doing his 'lovable fool' act. He knows how to manipulate public opinion.

# ? Nov 03, 2009 18:00

Pumaman: Dec 02, 2006; Are you an onion?

The mayor of my city is pretty much a child and used a government vehicle to go to a concert one time. I'm pretty sure he'd help me out if I were ganged up on, though.

# ? Nov 03, 2009 18:03

FirstPersonShitter: Dec 02, 2007; How would the dog wear goggles and even more than that, who makes the goggles?

He did say before that behind his buffoonish image is possibly another buffoon.

# ? Nov 03, 2009 18:04

poptart_fairy: Apr 08, 2009; $10 Spy

Noreaus posted:

I am constantly sure Johnson knows exactly what he is doing, especially when he is doing his 'lovable fool' act. He knows how to manipulate public opinion.

'How much do you earn, then?'

# ? Nov 03, 2009 18:07

Motsew: Dec 31, 2004; Oh noes!

He's still a gigantic twat.

# ? Nov 03, 2009 18:09

PepperSinclaire: Jan 21, 2007; AWWW NO MY WIFE'S GONNA KILL ME!

Meh, he's no Tom Watson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4oNjTuTz-8

# ? Nov 03, 2009 18:09

M_E_G. ADI. K: Dec 11, 2006

Cripes! Yazoo! I hope he jolly well gave those fruity minxes a cauliflower ear. Cheeky blighters, really. Good show, BoJo!

# ? Nov 03, 2009 18:12

leo_r: Oct 06, 2009

The bit that gets me is that somehow Boris Johnson, Franny Armstrong and a bunch of chavs managed to meet in one place. Franny Armstrong and Boris Johnson meeting would be quite a news story anyway, but add in some hooded youths and it just seems surreal.

# ? Nov 03, 2009 18:33

ibroxmassive: Jan 28, 2007; Sexiest man in Scotland three years running

He headbutted a german in the crotch at a charity football match, he'll never lose an election

# ? Nov 03, 2009 18:34

Ferretten: Jun 13, 2006; behind tired eyes, behind tired eyes, he is waiting. and knowing our destinies.

Motsew posted:

He's still a gigantic twat.

I was going to post exactly that

# ? Nov 03, 2009 18:44

SAKU FUCKING KOIVU: Nov 15, 2007; I'm floating this homing pigeon out hell's kitchen window...

Let's see him find Madeleine McCann, then I'll be impressed

# ? Nov 03, 2009 18:45

schmuckfeatures: Oct 27, 2003

Can somebody tell me anything about the timing or consequences of Peak Oik?

# ? Nov 03, 2009 18:45

Mentat Radnor: Apr 24, 2008

This was a rigged publicity stunt. The mayor actually paid those chicks to kill the other broad, and when the girl with the iron bar couldn't follow through, well, old Boris grabbed that thing and was about to do his own dirty work.

I assume some sort of masked guy in tights showed up and made them run away, thus making it look to observers as if the mayor was chasing the girls when he was actually just herding them back to his lair.

# ? Nov 03, 2009 18:50

M_E_G. ADI. K: Dec 11, 2006

Mentat Radnor posted:

This was a rigged publicity stunt. The mayor actually paid those chicks to kill the other broad, and when the girl with the iron bar couldn't follow through, well, old Boris grabbed that thing and was about to do his own dirty work.

I assume some sort of masked guy in tights showed up and made them run away, thus making it look to observers as if the mayor was chasing the girls when he was actually just herding them back to his lair.

No way could Boris be involved in anything as well organised as that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asas49ZLa98

For those of you who don't know London's wonderful mayor, this should clarify things a bit.

# ? Nov 03, 2009 18:53

Monster w21 Faces: May 11, 2006

SAKU loving KOIVU posted:

Let's see him find Madeleine McCann, then I'll be impressed

Which piece?

# ? Nov 03, 2009 19:04

Ak Gara: Jul 29, 2005; That's just the way he rolls.

So he chased them with an iron bar...and then what? He couldn't do anything.

MAYOR OF LONDON WANTED FOR ASSAULTING SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH DEADLY WEAPON!

I love the guy though, he's not my mayor but I'd vote for him.

# ? Nov 03, 2009 19:07

Grand Prize Winner: Feb 19, 2007

I wonder how this would have played out in Los Angeles.

# ? Nov 03, 2009 19:31

Plasma1010: Jul 02, 2007; I shit out of my mom's car passenger seat in the Borders parking lot, then I put a little stick in it as a flag so when we skateboard nobody would run it over.

Edit: Nevermind

# ? Nov 03, 2009 19:43

Trin Tragula: Apr 22, 2005; The coldest blood
Runs through my veins
You know my name

It says something about what life is like dealing with the day-to-day reality of Mayor Boris (and the stories that don't get further than Auntie's regional news pages) when you see that thread title in GBS and your first reaction is "Oh God, what's he done now?"

The reality of Mayor Boris:

January 2008 - "Cripes, blimey, that congestion charge, eh? Frightful spartist nonsense, let's do away with that big western extension to the original scheme, blimey. Make life a lot more civilised."

September 2009 - "Cripes, blimey, bit of a black hole here in this budget thingy. Well, more of a red hole, I suppose. Cripes. Better keep that western extension doo-dah around a while longer. Can't afford to drop it. Blimey."

October 2009 - "Cripes, blimey, still got a bit of a red hole here. Well, nothing for it, time to wallop fares up. Ooooh, could still use a bit of petty cash, cripes, blimey. Hmmm. I know! Why don't I whack that rotten old congestion charge up to £10? What a wizard wheeze, cripes, blimey."

Oaf.

# ? Nov 03, 2009 19:45

The Corporate: Jul 07, 2009; Ask me if the holocaust really happened!

gently caress me I love Boris. I remember being on his mayoral campaign team in my local borough back in the day.

The Corporate fucked around with this message at Nov 03, 2009 around 19:51

# ? Nov 03, 2009 19:47

Broken Bio Qlock: Mar 08, 2009

M_E_G. ADI. K posted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asas49ZLa98
For those of you who don't know London's wonderful mayor, this should clarify things a bit.

Holy poo poo. I watch that show now and then and I never knew he was the mayor or London!

Gotta love British TV with politicians appearing in comedy shows.

# ? Nov 03, 2009 19:52

Talkie Toaster: Jan 23, 2006; May contain carcinogens

Broken Bio Qlock posted:

Holy poo poo. I watch that show now and then and I never knew he was the mayor or London!

Gotta love British TV with politicians appearing in comedy shows.

He wasn't mayor at the time. His popularity from appearing on HIGNFY as a likeable dolt was what got him elected as mayor, which is just depressing.

# ? Nov 03, 2009 20:00

ranathari: May 26, 2006; Stop getting in the way of my kneejerk dislike of those dirty, unwashed hippies trying to stop me from buying kumquats out of season.

All of you people hating on Boris are simply jealous of his success. His election was a testament to the realisation of Londoners that we must begin to roll back the creeping tide of failed socialism and return to tested and proven Thatcherism.

# ? Nov 03, 2009 20:02

Catpants McStabby: Jul 10, 2001; seriously, :wtc:

All I know of him is from "Have I got news for you" and "Top gear". They don't like him much on those shows either. Does he really talk like rain man all the time?

# ? Nov 03, 2009 20:23

Pipski: Apr 18, 2004; inaninstantillriseinaniratestate

Talkie Toaster posted:

He wasn't mayor at the time. His popularity from appearing on HIGNFY as a likeable dolt was what got him elected as mayor, which is just depressing.

Hey man, he may be a disinterested hypocrite but he's only been mayor for a year and a half and he's already not-just-ignored-a-woman's-direct-appeal-for-help-and-watched-her-get-battered-with-an-iron-bar-in-front-of-his-eyes! What more do you want? Can you think of anyone else who's enough of a quaint anachronism to sort out the Olympic Games? Well, can you? Face it, what this city needs is a bumbling, lobotomised grotesque and Bozza is head and shoulders above the rest. What. A. Legend.

# ? Nov 03, 2009 20:24

Romanshoes: Dec 15, 2007; Haha! They're Roman shoes! Aren't I witty?

Every time I see this man I can't help thinking he looks like a polar bear.

I wish we had politically important panel games in the US. The American equivalent of Boris Johnson would be both hilarious and frightening. Like the real one, I suppose.

# ? Nov 03, 2009 20:25

Wormophile: Jul 22, 2007; kinky shit

Those young chavs were probably just conservative MPs in heavy disguise. This is all a stunt by Cameron

# ? Nov 03, 2009 20:31

Weiner Hog: Jan 31, 2008; The Other Long Pig

Grand Prize Winner posted:

I wonder how this would have played out in Los Angeles.

It's LAPD policy to shoot anyone wielding anything more menacing than a glob of silly putty.

# ? Nov 03, 2009 20:33

BannedThriceSoFar: Aug 22, 2009; by Ozma

Boris Johnson is my favourite British politician. <3

# ? Nov 03, 2009 20:35

Talkie Toaster: Jan 23, 2006; May contain carcinogens

Wormophile posted:

Those young chavs were probably just conservative MPs in heavy disguise. This is all a stunt by Cameron

If it was a stunt by Cameron he'd have had them attack Boris. Builds some nice sympathy in time for the election and gets rid of someone who'd probably rather see Cam lose so he can have a shot in 2014.

# ? Nov 03, 2009 20:36

Wormophile: Jul 22, 2007; kinky shit

Talkie Toaster posted:

...who'd probably rather see Cam lose so he can have a shot in 2014.

Oh great now I have that awful thought rolling around my head for the next five years. Thanks a lot, Talkie Toaster.

# ? Nov 03, 2009 20:42

Holy Cheese: Dec 06, 2006; Yeah.. what?

Broken Bio Qlock posted:

Holy poo poo. I watch that show now and then and I never knew he was the mayor or London!

Gotta love British TV with politicians appearing in comedy shows.

Seriously, he should host that show every week.

# ? Nov 03, 2009 21:12

HERAK: Dec 01, 2004

Talkie Toaster posted:

He wasn't mayor at the time.

No he was just an mp.

# ? Nov 03, 2009 21:24

Fluo: May 25, 2007

The Corporate posted:

gently caress me I love Boris. I remember being on his mayoral campaign team in my local borough back in the day.

Did you cut yourself

# ? Nov 03, 2009 21:27

CannonFodder: Jan 26, 2001

M_E_G. ADI. K posted:

No way could Boris be involved in anything as well organised as that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asas49ZLa98

For those of you who don't know London's wonderful mayor, this should clarify things a bit.

If anything, his father was also on Have I Got News For You, and it's uncanny how similar they are, only one is older. I think the older Johnson was an MP as well.

Romanshoes posted:

Every time I see this man I can't help thinking he looks like a polar bear.

I wish we had politically important panel games in the US. The American equivalent of Boris Johnson would be both hilarious and frightening. Like the real one, I suppose.

I think the American equivalent would be Sarah Palin, judging by the word salad that comes out of her mouth during interviews. She's just more composed and puts all sorts of sincerity behind "Oh I read all the papers." "Which ones" "All of them. Don't think that just because I'm in Alaska we don't get news from the rest of the country, we get the same news as everyone else" "So which newspapers? Where do you get your news?" "Oh Katie *changes topic*"

# ? Nov 03, 2009 21:35

holy kinoli: Jul 07, 2009

As an American who's only seen his appearance on Top Gear, I find it amazing that there is another candidate. What a cool guy. In government? That's legal? Wow.

Do you have any more?

# ? Nov 03, 2009 21:47

Domalom: Mar 20, 2009

CannonFodder posted:

I think the American equivalent would be Sarah Palin, judging by the word salad that comes out of her mouth during interviews. She's just more composed and puts all sorts of sincerity behind "Oh I read all the papers." "Which ones" "All of them. Don't think that just because I'm in Alaska we don't get news from the rest of the country, we get the same news as everyone else" "So which newspapers? Where do you get your news?" "Oh Katie *changes topic*"

She's a cretin. He's an upper class buffoon with brief moments of lucidity. He's an anachronism, but a well educated one.

# ? Nov 03, 2009 21:55

The Corporate: Jul 07, 2009; Ask me if the holocaust really happened!

CannonFodder posted:

I think the American equivalent would be Sarah Palin, judging by the word salad that comes out of her mouth during interviews. She's just more composed and puts all sorts of sincerity behind "Oh I read all the papers." "Which ones" "All of them. Don't think that just because I'm in Alaska we don't get news from the rest of the country, we get the same news as everyone else" "So which newspapers? Where do you get your news?" "Oh Katie *changes topic*"

Nah, Palin is a genuine idiot unfit to lead a scout troop, let alone a country.

Boris on the other hand is actually a hugely clever man - he passed from Oxbridge with a first in classics and was chair of their debates team whilst he was there. The buffoon persona is just that - personality.

# ? Nov 03, 2009 22:08

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