Saturday, 22 August 2020

Boris hides away in a very small tent!

It's a relief from all the dire predictions of gloom in most newspapers most of the time. The picture of Boris Johnson in beenie hat nearly covering his eyes and a checked shirt supposedly holidaying in a tiny tent near a three-bedroomed cottage on a Scottish clifftop raises a smile. But also total disbelief. Boris in a tent that would fill up once he had managed to squeeze his body through the front flap. And even the cottage looks somewhat primitive and distinctly non-glam for a prime minister who normally enjoys the good life. Is he really staying in such a remote place near a cliff edge with his wife and four-month baby boy and his police bodyguards etc? I think it would be great if our prime minister was summering in a tent in Scotland. It would be a contrast to some of his predecessors who seemed to find some wealthy supporter to give them an expansive villa in the sun. Tony Blair always had villa-owning friends. So did Maggie Thatcher. Theresa May enjoyed her walking holidays. The picture of Boris in a beanie hat was more than enough to lighten my mood today. But him lounging in a tent? I don't think so. Perhaps that's where his bodyguards are sleeping.

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