Bozzer is bally brill

    I have been asked why I write so much about British politics, being a Yank living in America.  The answer is simple.  It is a helluva lot more fun and interesting than the brand practiced on this side of the Atlantic.  Don't believe me?  Then imagine the furor that would be created if a major American politician said the following during an election campaign:

Voting Tory will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW M3.

What’s my view on drugs? I’ve forgotten my view on drugs

What is the chance that such a person would last another day, another minute in politics?  None. Zero. Zip. Nada.
    Yet the man who said those remarks and many others like it has just been elected to one of the most visible jobs in the UK--the mayor of London.  Boris Johnson may be, even for British politics, a bit on the edge but he has absolutely no counterpart in American politics--past or present.  Bob Dole was supposed to be a wit, but he was insipid and mean compared to the antics and humor of Johnson. JFK?--yawn...
    Everything is a source of fun for Bozzer, as he is known.  Boris Johnson's home page on the web has the usual head shot of the candidate.  A nice picture clearly taken at the British Museum.  If you didn't know Johnson you wouldn't think anything else about it.  But as this IS Johnson, look closely at the photo.  He is posing between the busts of Octavian and Julius Caesar with the same expression as theirs on his face.  Coincidence?  Not hardly for this former classics scholar.
    American candidates can't even pick out their ties without the help of market researchers.  They are dull in comparison to the rogues and wags that inhabit Westminister.
    Not too worry, however.  Boris Johnson was born in New York City and once told a boyhood friend that he wanted to be President when he grew up.  Can you imagine C-SPAN covering his campaign?  Sign me up.

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[JT]

That would be "practised," wouldn't it?