Oh dear...
Jun. 21st, 2019 08:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johnny9fingersWill this matter?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/21/police-called-to-loud-altercation-at-boris-johnsons-home
IIRC Boris was in college at Eton - a scholar who had his fees paid because he was brainy enough to have really aced the scholarship exam. In our day that mattered; as more than one OE has mentioned to me after I remarked that they ended their days as an Oppidan Scholar "It doesn't count unless you start as a scholar." And though, in prewar years, collegers were regarded as clever oiks; around the time of the late '60's and '70's scholarship was briefly in vogue. And Boris was a scholar in that period, and this rather accounts for his reputation for cleverness. And it must be said, at that time, only Wykehamist Scholars and Queen's Scholars at Westminster could be considered his rivals. (It also must be remembered that at this period boy's schools outperformed girl's schools by an unfortunate margin - Expectations? Social constraints? The causes need looking at, obvs.)
Now I disagree with Boris on a lot of things. And I think he's an overachieving chancer with a predisposition to make it up as he goes along. But I've seen humans, and that is most of us barring the saints. As a bloke and a person he evidently has his own demons to deal with, and you know, I hope he can get things sorted, because he always was charismatic, personable, and able within limits; if a bit chaotic and prone to extempore demagoguery. Surrounded by technicians, Boris could do all right given a level playing field. However...
Some drunk fucker drove a bus (with its sides plastered with insane promises) over the playing surface overnight; and that someone looks suspiciously like Boris.
Even so, if a chap is having a bit of a domestic with his GF, he has a right to do so in private as long as no-one is threatened or intimidated.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/21/police-called-to-loud-altercation-at-boris-johnsons-home
IIRC Boris was in college at Eton - a scholar who had his fees paid because he was brainy enough to have really aced the scholarship exam. In our day that mattered; as more than one OE has mentioned to me after I remarked that they ended their days as an Oppidan Scholar "It doesn't count unless you start as a scholar." And though, in prewar years, collegers were regarded as clever oiks; around the time of the late '60's and '70's scholarship was briefly in vogue. And Boris was a scholar in that period, and this rather accounts for his reputation for cleverness. And it must be said, at that time, only Wykehamist Scholars and Queen's Scholars at Westminster could be considered his rivals. (It also must be remembered that at this period boy's schools outperformed girl's schools by an unfortunate margin - Expectations? Social constraints? The causes need looking at, obvs.)
Now I disagree with Boris on a lot of things. And I think he's an overachieving chancer with a predisposition to make it up as he goes along. But I've seen humans, and that is most of us barring the saints. As a bloke and a person he evidently has his own demons to deal with, and you know, I hope he can get things sorted, because he always was charismatic, personable, and able within limits; if a bit chaotic and prone to extempore demagoguery. Surrounded by technicians, Boris could do all right given a level playing field. However...
Some drunk fucker drove a bus (with its sides plastered with insane promises) over the playing surface overnight; and that someone looks suspiciously like Boris.
Even so, if a chap is having a bit of a domestic with his GF, he has a right to do so in private as long as no-one is threatened or intimidated.
