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Nephele

Interesting article. But even if Boris Johnson is actually a U.S. citizen, and besides the novelty of using City Hall in London as a political stepping stone, is he well enough known to the American people to inspire their voting confidence? I mean, it appears to me that the presidential election is as much a popularity contest as it is a genuine attempt to find the best possible leader for the country.

 

If Johnson is seriously planning to launch his campaign in 2016, he at least has another eight years to work on his popularity with the American public. Perhaps a stint on Dancing with the Stars might get him some exposure. :)

 

-- Nephele

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Nephele
Pure comedy!!!

 

Boris Johnson the most powerful man in the world!! :):)

 

So, I take it you Brits don't figure Boris Johnson, then, for next Prez? I gather he must be quite a character. :)

 

-- Nephele

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Gaius Paulinus Maximus
Pure comedy!!!

 

Boris Johnson the most powerful man in the world!! :):)

 

So, I take it you Brits don't figure Boris Johnson, then, for next Prez? I gather he must be quite a character. :)

 

-- Nephele

 

Don't get me wrong I quite like the guy, he's certainly a character alright, infact yeah why not Boris for president!!

 

He's gotta be more fun than Bush! Probably talks more sense too! :)

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Nephele
He's gotta be more fun than Bush! Probably talks more sense too! :)

 

"Frankly, it is my kind of conservatism: libertarian, admiring tradition, and employing government only in those areas where government is needed." -- Columnist R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. on Boris Johnson

 

The oracle of the anagram also speaks well for Boris Johnson as our next President, in presenting a convincing campaign slogan.

 

(You knew this was coming, right?)

 

"Principles = Boris Johnson, U.S. President."

 

anagrams into...

 

"Join restored principles, 'n' piss on Bush."

 

-- Nephele

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Nephele
Methinks that when one is assessing the future of one of the largest financial centres of the world, one is permitted to be humourless...

 

Except... Zoe Williams truly thought she was funny: "The remarks, at the beginning of the article, about Johnson's hair and cycling were meant to be funny Williams told me." From Siobhain Butterworth's editorial response to the Williams piece:

 

A decade or so ago the Guardian ran an advertising campaign with the slogan "freethinkers welcome" - for some people, the appearance, on May 1, of three uncomplimentary, articles about Boris Johnson represented a crude attempt, on election day, to interfere with their thinking about who should be London's mayor. "Hmm, after five pages of hysteria I almost feel like voting for him," said one reader...

 

The 25 readers who complained didn't hold back either: "vitriolic in the extreme", "vicious", "outrageously partisan", "propaganda", "irresponsible" and "character assassination" were some of the things they said [regarding Zoe Williams's comments]. Several were unhappy about the personal nature of Williams's attack: "That floppy hair ... that sodding bicycle," she wrote. Johnson, she said, was a "moneyed creep" and a "snob".

 

"I'm not a reporter," Williams points out. "I write comment. I tell people what to do all the time. I don't expect them to take me seriously."

 

If Zoe Williams doesn't expect people to take her seriously, then that silly woman is the last person I'd go to for "assessing the future of one of the largest financial centres of the world."

 

-- Nephele

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