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applegrove

(118,817 posts)
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 06:17 PM Nov 2021

Is Everything Okay?

Is Everything Okay?

November 23, 2021 at 5:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 10 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/11/23/is-everything-okay/


"SNIP.......

Washington Post: “That is the question politicians, newspaper headline writers and much of social media were asking Tuesday, after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, lost his place in his notes for 20 seconds while delivering a speech to business leaders, then imitated the noise of a car engine and, perhaps most bizarre of all, spent an awkwardly long time declaring his love for the popular amusement park Peppa Pig World.”

......SNIP"

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Is Everything Okay? (Original Post) applegrove Nov 2021 OP
Well, now. dchill Nov 2021 #1
He had Covid...he may have a neurological problem. Yikes! Bluethroughu Nov 2021 #2
It seemed like he was just staling for time Xavier Breath Nov 2021 #3
I love Peppa Pig. skylucy Nov 2021 #4
My little grandkid MuseRider Nov 2021 #6
snort. skylucy Nov 2021 #5
And nobody is talking about all the Tory corruption scandals anymore... OnDoutside Nov 2021 #7

Xavier Breath

(3,655 posts)
3. It seemed like he was just staling for time
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 06:36 PM
Nov 2021

while he looked through his notes to regain his place in the speech. So he grasped at the only anecdote he had handy and went with it. Guess I haven't seen enough of his speeches to know if this sort of rambling is SOP for him or not, but judging by the reaction, apparently not.

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