Another Boris gaffe

I think his buffoonery is very calculated. It's easier to defeat your opponents if they underestimate you.

Gotta love Boris!!

My Dad use to say that the clown on the highwire was invariably the most skilled of them all. Don't underestimate Boris - he was using the correct definition of the word.

I'm afraid the British are just not able to see that this man is a very intelligent politician. We are used to rather stupid politicians and public. The word titanic doesn't only refer to the ship! This country was once a well educated place...most people appear to have a very shallow understanding of the meaning of words!!!

Wise words!

Boris is the best!

You are showing your ignorance!

Beautifully said

Lots of people like him

Although we all know the meaning of the word 'titanic', it has because of the events in 1912 taken on another meaning. Boris knew exactly what he was doing. He chose the word 'titanic' because of it's original meaning but knowing that people would pick up on the word and comment on it.

As the saying goes. 'Any publicity is good publicity'.

Ian Hislop sadly seems to be turning into the biggest plonker!

Yawn..ur so clever!

Ruth1958 are you Boris's mother or a crazed fan?

There surely can't be any other explanation!

Well, in the context of people's grasp of the word Titanic ....we all know what happened to that don't we ? As for life after Brexit being anything like the Titanic, then God help us all ........I bet Mr. Putin is listening whilst shunting his warshps up and down like menacing shadows ! Boris will be well away by then ...

Ruth if you are Boris's mother then I have a great deal of respect for you, having had Parkinson's D for so many years yet still continuing to paint.



ps does no-one else say that something is 'of titanic proportions'? no?

or ever use a double-entendre?

It amuses me that many people don't realise Boris'"Buffoon" act is just that & hides a very good brain. He is a very clever man & well educated.

I love the use of the word "titanic" regarding Brexit, Boris knew exactly how people would perceive the use referencing it to the sinking of the Titanic not it's correct meaning

titanic: extremely powerful, strong, important, or large:

Does Boirs know that the Titanic sunk, I do wonder.

He has a lot of support from his family.

He may have had a lot of support from his family, but they did disagree with him on Brexit.
That was his sister on the news in the Remain boat on the Thames.
And his father and brother both said he was wrong on Brexit. They all campaigned to remain.

However, family love should come above politics and it appears that it does with the Johnson family.

I think Boris is very clever, the kind of brain that is so quick that many people are left bemused by him.
However ..... if he bemuses so many of the British people what on earth do the rest of the world make of him?

What my MIL may have called 'too clever for his own good'.

Theresa May buried her head in her hands when she heard Boris say "Titanic". The Spectator seemed to think it had a capital T.

'too clever for his own good'

Just by hearing him say the word? How odd.

well, unless they saw it written down
T or t

Perhaps they were spectating his notes Ana

It was at the Spectator Awards, so I assume they were more likely to see them than anyone else.

Although it's far more likely they just made that assumption.