That also used to be the tone of most media coverage of him in the UK. When he was just Mayor of London and didn’t have much of a national impact then the press was happy to lean into it.
The tone immediately shifted when he chose to back the leave campaign. His support was arguably the deciding factor in the referendum, so anyone looking…
That also used to be the tone of most media coverage of him in the UK. When he was just Mayor of London and didn’t have much of a national impact then the press was happy to lean into it.
The tone immediately shifted when he chose to back the leave campaign. His support was arguably the deciding factor in the referendum, so anyone looking for someone to “blame” for Brexit needed look no further than Boris. At that point he ceased to be a figure the media loved to hate and instead became straight-up hated. That’s also largely where the “British Trump” thing came from, because of the widespread portrayal of Brexit as some sort of far-right populist backlash against the establishment.
You know, I remember some of that! I remember thinking he looked like the dog that caught the car. I felt the same way with trump winning over here. Like there is no WAY that guy expected to win, and given the stage in his life, after a Bolivia of coke in his head and sluisgate of Mickey D's through his body there was no way he even wanted the job.
I keep feeling like at somepoint the world is going to wake up hung over from the last few years and be like "man, I am never drinking Tequila again", but we all know we will in fact be chasing that worm sometime in the near future and forever. :D
That also used to be the tone of most media coverage of him in the UK. When he was just Mayor of London and didn’t have much of a national impact then the press was happy to lean into it.
The tone immediately shifted when he chose to back the leave campaign. His support was arguably the deciding factor in the referendum, so anyone looking for someone to “blame” for Brexit needed look no further than Boris. At that point he ceased to be a figure the media loved to hate and instead became straight-up hated. That’s also largely where the “British Trump” thing came from, because of the widespread portrayal of Brexit as some sort of far-right populist backlash against the establishment.
You know, I remember some of that! I remember thinking he looked like the dog that caught the car. I felt the same way with trump winning over here. Like there is no WAY that guy expected to win, and given the stage in his life, after a Bolivia of coke in his head and sluisgate of Mickey D's through his body there was no way he even wanted the job.
I keep feeling like at somepoint the world is going to wake up hung over from the last few years and be like "man, I am never drinking Tequila again", but we all know we will in fact be chasing that worm sometime in the near future and forever. :D