Boris says awesome things...

A nice little story from a Boris fan.
She sends a letter of affection, with a hypnotically-modified picture of Boris attached. Boris promptly whacks it to his wall, and writes back thanking her. Everyone’s happy. Can you imagine another politician doing that?!

Here at Boriswatch Towers, we’re thanking our lucky stars that rumours of Boris in the Big Brother house never materialised. But Dirk Benedict, ex-Face from the A Team and current convict in the house, regrets it. DigitalSpy reports that Dirk thought Boris is “very funny – I’ve heard him speak. I thought he’d be great.” Sure, Boris would have definitely cheered the place up – and his conversations with funnyman Dirk would have been great – but it would have been a career-breaker, wouldn’t it?!

Anyone who missed Boris’s chairing of the Christmas “Have I Got News For You” 2006 show – shame on you! – here are his best bits:

A blog called The Appaling Strangeness has written a comprehensive article on why Boris should be the next Conservative leader, citing the Roland Reagan years as proof that there’s a place for Boris at the top fo the tree. It also links to another site deploring the lack of interesting political figures and cites Boris as the man to solve the problem.
All this pleases Boriswatch to a tee. Can you imagine the fun?

Boris recently visited University College London, and their blog comprehensively covers his visit. There’s several videos here of his speech, another one here, and loads of pictures here. Good work UCL!

Boriswatch goees away for 2 weeks, and all hell breaks loose in the Boris’s camp – if you’re a gamer. Boris’s column a couple of weeks ago criticised video games and their effect on children’s social skills. It’s a well-worn argument, and I have to say it’s one Boriswatch, to an extent, agrees with. Children do become transfixed by computer games, and the more suggestive the children – and the more gory the games – the more affected the players become. However, it’s a little unfair to publicly tar all young gamers and games with the same brush, a fact that hasn’t been lost on the gaming community.
Even America are getting in on the act, with podcasts labelling Boris “a tool” and the gaming industry spokesman ELSPA claiming Boris has “too broad a brush.”. Even GayGamer/net got in on the act, in an article titled “Suck on that, Boris Johnson!“. Now *that* would be a story…
The Guardian finished off the kerfuffle with its column “Sorry, Boris, these ‘blasted gizmos’ are here to stay“, displaying its assessment of Boris’s words. It sounded a little contrived and forced, if we’re honest. Branding Boris a “comedy conservative”, the column takes the mickey out of his language, which I last saw happen to someone on the playground when I was eight. And the main strand of the article seems to be that if children come face to face with other bad influences every day, why not let them sit inside and play gory games all day. Good argument there, fellas.
Still, much of this has occurred under the general news radar. And as Boriswatch is always at pains to point out, Boris is never shy of saying what he thinks, and that is a great feature in a politician.