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geardaddy

(24,926 posts)
Tue Jul 30, 2019, 12:41 PM Jul 2019

What a beautiful language, says Boris Johnson as Welsh people loudly tell him to f*ck off

https://newsthump.com/2019/07/30/what-a-beautiful-language-says-boris-johnson-as-welsh-people-loudly-tell-him-to-fck-off/

Boris Johnson is visiting Wales today meaning a raft of exciting new insults will be hurled in his direction.

The new Prime Minister knew that realising his ambition and making it to Downing Street would always have a few drawbacks. One of them was visiting places like Wales.

“I was hoping I could do this by Skype,” said Boris. “But the farms I’m visiting don’t have the bloody Internet. That’s not even a joke.

“I don’t know how these farmers cope with no access to PornHub and only sheep for company.

“I mean, us Bullingdon boys were always more about the pigs.”

Boris will be visiting the farm of one Mr Simon Williams.

“I’ll be teaching him a few Wales phrases, don’t you worry,” said Simon.

“When I meet him I’ll shake his hand, smile warmly and say, ‘Dos i chwara dy Nain’ [go and finger your granny].

“I’ll then give him his welcome gift, a t-shirt bearing the words ‘Anws blewog’ [hairy anus].

“After his visit, when he’s made all his bullshit promises and is saying goodbye I’ll wave and tell him, ‘Mynd i ffwcio chi eich hun’ [go and fuck yourself].

“Welsh farmers receive £300m a year from the EU. A no-deal Brexit would mean the Government won’t be able to afford to replace those lost subsidies.

“Boris just doesn’t seem to care, the ‘cont gwirion’ [you can probably work that one out].”

It’s not Johnson’s first visit to Wales – he attempted to become an MP there in 1997.

He was never going to win Clwyd South but his campaign slogan probably didn’t help: ‘Good God, do people actually live here?’




If only this were real!
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What a beautiful language, says Boris Johnson as Welsh people loudly tell him to f*ck off (Original Post) geardaddy Jul 2019 OP
What goes around comes around, eh Boris? True Dough Jul 2019 #1
If only the conservatives had picked the cat at No. 10 Downing street for the new PM. area51 Jul 2019 #2
PM me if you want to know what "cont gwirion" is geardaddy Jul 2019 #3
Looks like #BackDoorBoris's media and public outreach strategy is the same as Submarine May's: Denzil_DC Jul 2019 #4
I saw that. geardaddy Jul 2019 #5

Denzil_DC

(7,232 posts)
4. Looks like #BackDoorBoris's media and public outreach strategy is the same as Submarine May's:
Tue Jul 30, 2019, 06:43 PM
Jul 2019
Wales’ media barred from asking Boris Johnson questions on camera

...

Journalists from ITV, BBC Wales, Heart Wales and the South Wales Argus complained that they were only allowed to ask questions without recording the answers for TV or radio.

They were also cooped up in a “tin shed” and not allowed to accompany the Prime Minister on a tour of a farm in St Brides Wentlooge near Newport.

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“On Boris Johnson’s first visit to Wales as PM, BBC Wales News and ITV Wales are refused the opportunity to ask him a single question on camera,” BBC journalist Felicity Evans said.

ITV Wales political editor Adrian Masters said that he had refused to ask Boris Johnson a question because he was not allowed to film the exchange.

https://nation.cymru/news/wales-media-barred-from-asking-boris-johnson-questions-on-camera/


Masters expanded on this on Twitter:




Adrian Masters
@adrianmasters84

1/12 I really don’t go in for media moaning: I’m of the view that we have to agree to follow most rules for security and timetable reasons - but I should make the following clear about the Boris Johnson visit to a farm here in Wales:


His full 12-part thread can be viewed at ThreadReader:

1/12 I really don’t go in for media moaning: I’m of the view that we have to agree to follow most rules for security and timetable reasons - but I should make the following clear about the Boris Johnson visit to a farm here in Wales:

2/12 We (@ITVWales) were invited along with @BBCWalesNews @WalesOnline and other Welsh media to cover the event.

3/12 As usual there’s a ‘pool’ arrangement whereby a UK network camera filmed the visit and a UK network journalist asked ‘pool’ questions to be shared by everyone. In this case it fell to colleagues from @itvnews. So far so usual.

4/12 We as Welsh media were invited to ask questions as part of a ‘huddle’ but on arrival it turned out we wouldn’t be allowed to film it.
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https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1156201709913432065.html


Almost makes me look forward to a general election.
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