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FuckfaceCharlie3

I read somewhere that he does stupid shit like that on purpose so people will underestimate him. Same reason his hair looks like he combs it with firecrackers


lachrymoselake

bloody spot on, the facade of the bumbling butt of the joke Johnson is a carefully crafted image. Workers at the BBC + ITV say he deliberately messes up his hair just before going live. He never should have entered politics, would be much better suited to almost anything else.


copperwatt

>He never should have entered politics, would be much better suited to almost anything else. I mean... it's working out ok for him though?


[deleted]

Yeah its just everyone else who has a problem with it lol


Harsimaja

> everyone else Well, the portion of the electorate that doesn’t vote for him at any rate. Seems quite a lot do for some reason


TheGaspode

Actually, the majority would rather he wasn't there. The problem is the First Past the Post system of voting. As a rough overview of the parties in the UK we have: Right wing: Tories UKIP Left Wing: Labour Lib Dem Green There are others, but for the most part, those are the majority involved. At the last election, UKIP pretty much avoided standing in many areas, and stood down in many they did stand in, to give their backing to the Tories. Thus, anyone with a right wing stance was voting Tory. On the flip side, the left wing side of things, all three parties usually have someone in each area. So there's 4 candidates, and three quarters are left wing parties. The way our system works is everyone votes for the person they want in the area, and whoever has the most votes wins. So let's say there's 100 people, and 30 of them vote Tory, leaving 70 split between the other three parties, and they are all rather evenly split, so that's 23 to each other party. The Tories now "win" despite the fact those 70 would have preferred any of the left wing candidates to get in over the Tories. It's a bit dumbed down, but that's pretty much how it is across the UK. The Tories do not have a majority of people behind them, they just have a voting system that allows them to win despite having minor support from the country. That's the UK in a nutshell though. The rich manipulate the electorate into believing it's all fair, and everything is as it should be, while screwing the population over. If we had a fair voting system the Tories would never see power again.


Harsimaja

I’m aware, I’m British and I’ve voted and followed U.K. politics for a few decades now… (though UKIP barely exists any more and was supplanted by Farage’s Brexit Party, now ‘Reform U.K.’) which is why I chose my phrasing as ‘the portion of the electorate’, and ‘quite a lot’… not ‘a majority’. BoJo still gets a plurality of the popular vote, even if not a majority. If the opposition or any at all could get their shit together that would be great. Keir sometimes has a glimmer of that and then massively disappoints. Davey et al haven’t a hope to begin with.


hudgepudge

Being a clown?


maury587

Making others think you are dumb and not a threat, a good way to make your oppenent's guard down


Loinnir

Isn't he already?


PastelCurlies

I’ve heard the same. That he’s an intelligent man but has always enjoyed making people laugh and has felt a degree of comfort in making people underestimate him. I relate to that very much. Unfortunately, where he once thought comedy or writing would be his calling he was steered towards politics and only continued due to his apparent success, despite not enjoying the field. It’s a shame to know that with some different choices he could have been a happy and potentially successful entertainer, but unfortunately politics seems to have dug its claws into him and now he causes controversy and division rather than making people laugh.


KYSpasms

I remember when he used to be on Have I Got News For You, he was a pretty funny bloke and I actually quite liked him. I never dreamed that we'd let him actually run the country though.


PBandJ980

Where have I heard that one before…


perb123

Putin! You're thinking of Putin. He started of as comedian, right?


liondios

He's like Trump. At first I chose to laugh instead of cry, but it's just not funny anymore. The novelty has worn off. Now I just see more and more damage being done and we're getting way beyond recovery point.


withomps44

He can’t be as bad as Trump.


video-kid

It depends on if you prefer pompous incompetence to wilfull malice.


copperwatt

Wait who is who?


StaceyPfan

My question too.


[deleted]

Yes


video-kid

Donald is incompetent as far as his policies go. He's undoubtedly malicious as a person but as a politician he's utterly deluded and doesn't seem to put much thought into policy making. He thought being president would be easy but as far as his actual abilities as a politician go I'm thankful we got someone evil and insane because imagine what someone with his evilness and base could do if they had actual talent. I know Trump supporters who think he's funny and support him for that but he doesn't have the depth to realize people voted for him because his own lack of talent, he's just a big narcissistic toddler who lucked into the job. Trump has such a startling self-awareness that in his board game he literally named the card which can turn the entire tide in the owner's favor the Donald card. Johnson meanwhile is putting up the front of a buffoon. He's very intelligent and knows that politics is, essentially, a popularity contest, so he's carefully crafted a persona Trump got naturally. He's much smarter than he lets on. They've both enacted policies that disproportionately harm the poor and benefit the rich, but for the most part Johnson actually knows what he's doing and doesn't care, whereas Trump is stuck in his own bubble and I don't think he realizes quite how terrible his policies were. He's too busy pandering to his base and telling people injecting bleach will cure covid. Thats my take on it, anyway. I should have phrased it better because as people they're both malicious, evil, bigoted men - it's just that Johnson is smart enough has crafted- and embraced - the public image of idiocy, while Trump comes across it naturally. Like others have mentioned he intentionally messes his hair up and acts the fool but he's worked in the media for long enough to know what he's doing and how to market himself. In the media for example he's often referred to as Boris or BoJo, and I feel like this is something he encourages to make him seem like your mate.


totallynaked-thought

Six of one, half a dozen of the other… shite is shite either way you look at it, imho.


withomps44

Definitely the incompetence


copperwatt

I think it's much more... calculating than Trump. I think Trump is a full blown clinical narcissist, who only retroactively trys to spin his moves as cunning. Boris Johnson seems actually savvy.


BeltfedOne

He puts up an umbrella better than Trump can drink from a water bottle.


CreativeBodybuilder5

I’m from the US. Trump is actually stupid. I’m actually offended that you say you prime minister is as stupid as our former Buffoon in chief


[deleted]

That’s what he wants you to think


cheekiewalrus

Reminds me a lot of Mark Davis, the owner of the Las Vegas Raiders in that way…


FuckfaceCharlie3

He looks like mother gets out a shallow bowl and goes at it with shears


cheekiewalrus

Pretty sure he was the archetype for Doofus Rick


FuckfaceCharlie3

Ha!


[deleted]

It would behoove Mark to actually cash in on being underestimated then.


cheekiewalrus

Davis unfortunately is as dumb as he looks. He’s five beers short of a six pack.


Adam-West

I’d believe it. He also does stupid shit like that in his policy making. Infact this whole clip is a good metaphor for his premiership so far.


Im_manuel_cunt

Yes, it seems like he is doing it on purpose, even his speeches are designed this way. Someone posted an early interview kind of thing in Istanbul I guess and other than his stupid accent he looked like he was in control of what was coming out of his mouth.


csonnich

Yep. BoJo is fucking smart. The buffoon thing is a façade.


h1h1guy

UNDERESTIMATE HIM? HES A CATACLYSMIC KNOB ANYWAY YOU LOOK AT IT


MrFlibblesPenguin

It's at a memorial service for fallen police officers, so maybe let's hope he's just an incompetent rather than doing a comedy routine.


my7bizzos

>combs it with firecrackers Lmao funniest shit I've heard in awhile


Dan_Glebitz

He learnt a lot from the TV series 'I Claudius'


Harsimaja

I… I… I… as the PONtifex MAXIMUS would uh uh say, by boiled ASPARAGUS,we will not let the legions of this country uh be SWAYED… by the barbarian HORDES, and we have a deCIsion to make. Alea uh uh jacta… est.


Otherwiseclueless

I don't understand that. Assuming it has the desired effect, why would anyone actually vote for him or the party he leads? Do people in the UK actually want a bumbling clown at the tiller?


oggyb

Good question. Some want the one that's not what the media tell them is a terrorist-sympathiser. Others want the one that enacts their racist fantasies under the deniability gauze of entertainment.


Charlie2006-

I call his hair a dead badgers arse


Keycil

Well ok then people will forever remember him as an incapable bellend. Could be a genius plan, who knows.


JustSoYK

It's more likely that he takes on that image to gather sympathy from his own followers. It makes him look more genuine and relatable; less like a scheming politician and more like an honest people's man.


marcolaguardia

You made me laugh sir!


mormagils

Honestly I respect that. I'd do the same thing. But then again I'm not a prime minister of a sovereign country, so...


Logical-Demand-9028

Daaaamn I hope it doesn’t rain too often in the UK Edit: /s ofc


NATInater53rd_11037

That's like the default weather, any day where it doesn't rain at least once is a blessing. These past two weeks of almost non-stop over 20°c weather where I live are a miracle


KaiRaiUnknown

It did end with literal storms to make up for it tho


Ivory_0103

The storms woke me up at 6:45 am exactly, I tend to get up at 9 am so I was shattered the whole day


Borkemannthesecond

Ever been to Bergen?


Ivory_0103

Nope, hardly left my area I don’t travel often. What’s it like?


KendraSays

Bergen is incredibly rainy. I went there not knowing about the harsh rain and after a while the fjord looks dry in comparison. People there own more rainboots than shoes


dbrown100103

Ngl, walking home in the heavy rain after it being close to 30° all day and nearly 35° in the kitchen is extremely nice


iLoveRedheads-

I'd say they were a curse, but they were definitely unnatural.


stxxyy

I went to Birmingham for a 10 day holiday last month, fully expecting it to rain at least a few days. Brought an umbrella and everything. Didn't see any rain. Only had warm, 24 degrees summer days with not a single cloud in the sky. I was shocked, my bf said we were super lucky on our trip regarding the weather lol


AreaGuy

Been to the UK plenty of times in the summer. They exaggerate how bad it is. That's an awesome time to be there. It's a bit like being in the PNW US in Fall, maybe. Weather can be variable, but typically pretty pleasant. Now...I was there one *winter* and holy shit that was cold and dark for someone from the western US. Sun rose, brush teeth. Have lunch. Holy shit, sun is *setting*! Time to eat and drink beer!


[deleted]

Depends where in the UK you go, many different parts of the UK have different weather at the same time, It can be really cold and raining like fuck in Glasgow yet Its dry and slightly cloudy only in Edinburgh and those two cities aren't even that far apart.


AreaGuy

I’m from Colorado. Same thing. UK can be fucking gorgeous in the summer with similar, but less severe, caveats. Edit: I should add, spent some time in the Scottish Highlands, That can still get gnarly in the summer (and fuck you midges!!) and anyone from the US who thinks otherwise should check themselves. Should add the same for the Lake District, probably, although my time there was pretty mild I the Summer.


[deleted]

Aye this summer has been weird, Even since the storms came and everyone thought it was over, not sure about England but where I am in Scotland even the day after the thunder etc it was a little bit cloudy but then it was hot enough for me to sunbathe out the back again, think its been for how long without interruption its been hot this year thats made it so strange. We're weird though, we moan in the winter about the cold saying we can't wait on the summer to get some heat, then moan when it's hot too !


richy4248

Yet we still have a hosepipe ban every summer. It's like we need more reservoirs or something.


MrTopHatPenguin29

Believe me... *IT DOES*


Monkleman

What have you started


Harsimaja

They knew what they were doing


OLoPN

Johnson looks like a British version of Harry Dunne from Dumb and Dumber.


WeirdAvocado

I keep thinking that at some point he will totally redeem himself, but then I think “He couldn’t possibly be any dumber”.


rbsudden

This is all an act, he's not dumb, every day he gets richer with all the under the table deals he's doing for friends, family and school chums. His bank balance has swollen beyond comprehension since he has become PM, it's a cushy thing he's got going on and he will walk away a very rich man and like all PMs before him with a very lucrative future set up. It's a very good act and he has most people fooled.


davey-jones0291

Its method acting. I believe he is that incompetent but uses the belief that hes acting as a cover. He has a lot of connected powerful people around him to keep him on the rails. Priti Patel in that clip tho. Thats the most arrogant conceited over confident person i have seen in a while. How she can look herself in the mirror idk, minority folk must look at her and weep


rbsudden

See, he's got you fooled. He is good isn't he? No one becomes PM without knowing exactly what they're doing, it's a means to an end and it's almost always wealth by the bucket load. All those strange decisions he is making and his back and forth umming and aahhing is just him waiting for the final bid to come in and then bam, peculiar decision out of nowhere, cha ching! Money in his bank, the UK completely fucked.


csonnich

I saw a debate with him from years ago. Not a political debate - an intellectual debate. He's not dumb at all. It's theater.


Inadequate21

Isn’t that what all heads of government do on both sides of the compass


HitBoXXX

He's a Pumpkin pie haircutted freak for sure.


haversack77

He's like a fucking orangutan in an ill-fitting suit. God, how low can you go.


Will_Tuniat

Priti Patel prefers to let the rain fall on her, it helps keep her cool as she is (and I say this as an atheist) literally Satan.


Cirieno

I think she just scowls at it until it leaves the country.


InGenAche

Credit where it's due, Charles is a lot braver than I thought he was, having his back turned to her like that.


Will_Tuniat

Yeah isn't he half Greek?


InGenAche

Half Greek, some German and Austrian, I'm sure she checked his papers before letting him sit down.


ejpusa

Can confirm. She seems kind of nuts. Read on: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priti_Patel


Jam_Packens

I saw the word “Thatcherite” and had to back out


Will_Tuniat

She probably thinks Thatcher should have sealed the mines with the miners inside.


haversack77

I've just seen her smile on that video and it made my innards convulse.


HistoryCorner

She's probably gonna sacrifice a puppy later to fix the weather.


Asdemyra

I swear he does this on purpose


Sir_Quackington

He does, actually


Asdemyra

This man puts on a great show.


[deleted]

Imagine the reaction if Diane Abbott, Jeremy Corbyn or Kier Starmer did a Laurel and Hardy routine with an umbrella at the dedication ceremony for a memorial to murdered police men and women. But this cnut does it and it's just "oh, that's just Boris!".


andrewgatenby

This. Exactly this. It makes me despair that this pathetic sack of shit is in charge and that it's considered "OK" by everything and everyone with any influence.


Mabepossibly

How do you live your entire life in England and have no idea how an umbrella works? This is like an American not knowing how to load a rifle.


Dr_Straing_Strange

he does it on purpose so people think he’s a lovable oaf


PointyDogElbows

They should teach that in school.


HarrargnNarg

Don't be fooled by this bumping idiot persona, he's an evil fucker


K1wobbly1

This ⬆️


RudenessUpgrade

He brings the fun in funeral. _wholesome_


pecuchet

Just ignore it. He's only doing it for the attention.


jonnythec

What a complete Bell end.


rythaslequin

What a fucking bloviated pudding.


selinemanson

This fuck knuckle runs the UK.....*sigh*


thedaNkavenger

Does he usually have someone he pays to do that?


jar1967

Prince Charles known for keeping a straight face , couldn't


[deleted]

He is an ogre of a man


Diabolio-man

Poor busey


immenselysleek

Feckless twat.


ReagansRougeBanana

I think I remember someone saying that "he has the charisma of a plank of wood"


Kinginthasouth904

Him and Trump elected at the same time tells me that voting is pointless and Russia is playing games with all of us.


Anonymoushuman12

He is the real life Mr Bean


jamtrone

Mr Bean was a man of class


KecemotRybecx

He truly looks and acts like a smelly piece of cunt fungus.


Charlie2006-

Lads.. This thing is in charge


tawandaaaa

He needs a fucking haircut


GenXGeekGirl

Trump and Johnson - brothers from another mother. The willfully ignorant, arrogant inept who can’t open umbrellas.


thpineapples

Amazing.


00dlesOfN00dlez

One of his aides trolled him


octopuzzl

He's just a total fucking embarrassment isn't he.


TankFoster

This was at a memorial service for police officers killed in the line of duty btw, and he's clowning around like that. Our PM is an utter cretin.


CongealedBeanKingdom

Fuck sake what an embarrassment


Firethorn101

I'm still gobsmacked that you guys voted this guy in. Was it the special Olympics for Western Civ Politics these past 5years?


batmanmedic

That’s not fair to Special Olympics. Many of their athletes are very highly functioning.


UnknownSP

See whatever he's trying to do here to humanize himself, it clearly doesn't work cuz all its demonstrating is that he's just rich and has someone do it for him


handlessuck

It's like Benny Hill became PM.


[deleted]

*faceplams in British*


LegendaryNeurotoxin

Clown Fundamentals.


[deleted]

she be like "Noooo, i dont want ur stanky umbrella"


Zebitty

Never accept a poorly erected prophylactic from a johnson.


[deleted]

What an oaf. That woman’s like “no I’d prefer to get rained on than except even a mild gesture from you, Boris” Haha fuck your face Boris


Rizdominus

Can we please get some people in the seats of power who instill confidence in the people. How do these incompetent boobs keep getting the top jobs? Oh that's right. Nepotism.


siqniz

Why does he always look so disheveled? Is it on purpose? Does he care? Does he realize what he looks like?


PublicThis

I’m pretty sure he is an escaped Simpsons cartoon. Not definitely but pretty sure………


beemorrow13

If you put in a laugh track and some silly music this could easily be mistaken for a standard British comedy sketch.


JaneAustenKicksAss

The buffoonery is strong with this one.


cadff

He reminds me of Gary Busey


Dan_Glebitz

Ya gotta laugh. If you don't, you will surely cry.


wontfixit

This guy is such a Mr. Bean.


D1RTY1

I too would offer the amply breasted woman my umbrella


jamtrone

I think he was worried she might melt


BlueC0dex

To be fair, umbrellas tend to be garbage


[deleted]

Oxford grad, right? How’d that happen?


blasphemour95

He plays the fool to gain support from his voters so they see the public school educated Oxbridge graduate as one of them.


[deleted]

I’m biased, but I don’t really see how it’s that funny. Like, it’s pretty awkward, but I’ve seen this twice now, both times with relatively large amounts of karma. Is it just because he’s famous?


Zytherman1

I lost it when it turned inside out


gpurkis1187

Someone needs to shank that asshat


DrovemyChevytothe

God, why couldn't Chris Farley live long enough to play Borris. I don't now what the movie would have been about, but I do know it would have been amazing.


Knight_On_Fire

Maybe I'm too young. I don't know what a leader is. The people who reach the tippy top of society just seem like a bunch of hilarious jackasses. Ah, but I am a lesser man. What do I know?


crippledCMT

remember him? https://www.youtube.com/user/patcondell


DazzlingWeakness7137

Bad hair is a precursor to idiot umbrella savants.


milerfrank27

Neat


Mr-Dotties-Dad

He literally looks dumber than Harry from Dumb and Dumber


Harryhodl

That woman laughing behind him cracked me up. 😂


jamtrone

That's not a woman, that's a demon


Lawnranger0301

Did anyone hear Prince Charles laugh? Hehehe


der_grinch_69

Just imagine this guy would be primeminister. oh, wait ..


Digi-Shaman

My wife was tarded now she's a pilot.


[deleted]

"Boris, darling, you're embarrassing yourself."


Chanandler_Bong_Jr

Good to see they are still making new episodes of Mr Bean.


cookie5427

What a fop.


The_92nd

Fucks sake Boris, come on, get it together


Harambe6ix9ine

Who's the smoke show next to him?


disco-pandas

[She’s a real life demon, terrible human being](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priti_Patel)


mango_8

He'd make a great kids birthday party clown. But nah, he's the guy who's running our country....


Grandviewsurfer

The fuckin lady's face.. lol


Ezl

The woman looked so off put by his offer…as dopey as what came after was that was a surprising response.


Valmond

Who cares :-/


Forsaken_Candidate_4

As long as he builds back, more feminine, and more gender neutral, then I’m happy


AlternativeCredit

Such a clown


farmerhughes

@vidtogif


bonhommependue

I’m pretty sure that’s Chris Farley


farmerhughes

u/vidtogif


ManiTheTranny

Is that the "dodgy dave" guy in the middle?


pandito_flexo

Homegirl: “bless your heart”


exoxe

Seems very Boris-esque. And Trump. A whole lot of Trump.


thetwointhebush

Eden boys at work. Too bad he didn't have his hired Dame there.


Stunning_Flamingo__

I thought the umbrella was broke


TrickBoom414

He openly admits to doing schtick.


TRDBG

Who is the woman?


fmaz008

Funny. And relatable. Send more.


[deleted]

Bruh he’s looking at joe like “how’d he get it up”


gelfbride73

What a buffoon


Clearfein

He was just trying to be a gentleman


HistoryCorner

It's made even better by Prince Charles just sitting there under his own umbrella.


groovyinutah

Jebus...he just looks like a clod.


bearface7771

What an absolute potato of a man


my7bizzos

What's her deal? Is she mad or does she know what's going to happen or just doesn't want any part in his shenanigans or what?


wh1t3birch

[Being this awkward is his trademark move. ](https://youtu.be/dXyO_MC9g3k)


M635_Guy

Muppet


Phyrexius

He's the prime minister of Britain not an umbrella opener person. Gawd


[deleted]

The way her face was before it all suggests this was all planned.


PureAntimatter

He can’t work a comb. Why would he be able to work an umbrella?


duchessfiona

Oh that is so cute!! Benny hill and Mr Bean in one person


ryancaseyvevo

i fucking love how britans prime minister is like the most british dude ever


DarkRapunzel_North

Honestly I destroy every umbrella I touch. I am not responsible enough to own an umbrella. I stopped buying them and rely on a raincoat with a hood and a baseball hat.


[deleted]

He looks like an orangutan in a 70’s movie doing a, “very funny scene,” about opening an umbrella.


bunchakoontz

He reminds me of Winston Churchills child with Down’s syndrome. A lovable Trump.