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‘Colossal snob’: BoJo’s dad slammed after suggesting British individuals who name his son Pinocchio are ‘ILLITERATE’
PM Boris Johnson’s father Stanley has been extensively panned on social media after lashing out at his son’s critics, who’ve been suggesting that Boris is a liar by likening him to a cartoon character Pinocchio.
It’s solely pure father will wish to defend his little one in the event that they’re coming below hearth from detractors, which is strictly what Stanley Johnson tried to do on Friday morning.
Showing on the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire present, Stanley was requested to answer individuals on social media that have been evaluating Boris to Pinocchio, a personality from a e book by Italian Carlo Collodi and made well-known by Walt Disney’s 1940 adaptation – largely for his frequent tendency to lie.
The prime minister’s father gave a considerably offended response – ostensibly managing to insult the British public within the course of by insinuating the bulk aren’t excellent at spelling.
That requires a level of literacy which I believe the good British public doesn’t essentially have…they couldn’t spell Pinocchio in the event that they tried.
Seems #FatherJohnson isnt completely happy w/our tweeting and free speech. @BorisJohnson is overtly #racist & #homophobic.
Apparently we're all illiterate too. I’ve you recognize I spell #Pinocchio by singing the theme tune from the cartoon ?#GE2019 #borisisacoward
The remarks provoked a backlash on Twitter with many hitting out at Johnson senior, labeling him “conceited” and a “colossal snob.”
Ronan Burtenshaw, editor of the Tribune Journal tweeted: “The extent of contempt these born-to-rule toffs have for bizarre individuals is simply astounding.”
The British public aren’t literate sufficient to know a Pinocchio reference? They will't spell Pinocchio? The extent of contempt these born-to-rule toffs have for bizarre individuals is simply astounding. https://t.co/2ZqECRUCw5
— Ronan Burtenshaw (@ronanburtenshaw) November 29, 2019
Earlier, PM Johnson got here in for some uncomfortable questioning on LBC radio from presenter Nick Ferrari and by way of calls from members of the general public asking him to speak about his kids.
He refused to reply the private questions – even what number of youngsters he had – regardless of having made derogatory remarks prior to now about these introduced up by single mums. In a column for the Spectator journal in 1995 he branded such kids as “ill-raised, ignorant, aggressive and illegitimate.”
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