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Derxa posted some of Marina Hyde's 'family tree' on here the other day, supposedly proof that MH is too 'posh' to write a deleterious opinion piece about Bozo. Now Bozo's not posh? Derxa, do you have Bozo's family tree to hand? He's descended from more European aristocracy than you could number and is probably more connected than our royal family. Trampling on the proles for centuries; might be genetic.
Yes he certainly has interesting ancestors.
*Johnson is the eldest of the four children of Stanley Johnson, a former Conservative member of the European Parliament and an employee of the European Commission and the World Bank, and the painter Charlotte Johnson Wahl (née Fawcett),[21] the daughter of Sir James Fawcett, a barrister[748][749] and president of the European Commission of Human Rights.[750] His younger siblings are Rachel Johnson, a writer and journalist; Leo Johnson, a partner specialising in sustainability at accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers;[751] and Jo Johnson, ex-minister of state and former Conservative MP for Orpington, who resigned from his brother's government in September 2019[476] and is now a member of the House of Lords. Johnson's stepmother, Jenny, the second wife of his father Stanley, is the stepdaughter of Teddy Sieff, the former chairman of Marks & Spencer.[752] Having been a member of the Conservatives between 2008 and 2011, Rachel Johnson joined the Liberal Democrats in 2017.[753] She stood as a candidate for Change UK in the 2019 European Elections.[754] Johnson also has two half-siblings, Julia and Maximilian, through his father's later marriage to Jennifer Kidd.[755][756] Johnson is the eldest of the four children of Stanley Johnson, a former Conservative member of the European Parliament and an employee of the European Commission and the World Bank, and the painter Charlotte Johnson Wahl (née Fawcett),[21] the daughter of Sir James Fawcett, a barrister[748][749] and president of the European Commission of Human Rights.[750] His younger siblings are Rachel Johnson, a writer and journalist; Leo Johnson, a partner specialising in sustainability at accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers;[751] and Jo Johnson, ex-minister of state and former Conservative MP for Orpington, who resigned from his brother's government in September 2019[476] and is now a member of the House of Lords. Johnson's stepmother, Jenny, the second wife of his father Stanley, is the stepdaughter of Teddy Sieff, the former chairman of Marks & Spencer.[752] Having been a member of the Conservatives between 2008 and 2011, Rachel Johnson joined the Liberal Democrats in 2017.[753] She stood as a candidate for Change UK in the 2019 European Elections.[754] Johnson also has two half-siblings, Julia and Maximilian, through his father's later marriage to Jennifer Kidd.[755][756]
Johnson's paternal great-grandfather was the Ottoman journalist Ali Kemal who was of Turkish origin[757][758][759] and a secular Muslim. Johnson's paternal grandfather, Wilfred Johnson, Ali Kemal's son, was an RAF pilot in Coastal Command during the Second World War.[760] His father's other ancestry includes English, German and French; one of his German ancestors was said to be the illegitimate daughter of Prince Paul of Württemberg and thus a descendant of King George II of Great Britain.[761] This would make him and Elizabeth II sixth cousins twice removed. Through Mary of Teck's connection to Duke Frederick II Eugene of Württemberg, they would in that case also have a closer genealogical link as fifth cousins twice removed. Johnson's mother is the granddaughter of Elias Avery Lowe, a palaeographer, who was a Russian Jewish immigrant to the US,[762] and Pennsylvania-born Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter, a translator of Thomas Mann.[763] Referring to his varied ancestry, Johnson has described himself as a "one-man melting pot" with a combination of Abrahamic religious great-grandparents.[764] Johnson was given the middle name "Boris" after a White Russian émigré named Boris Litwin, who was a friend of his parents.[20] An episode of Who Do You Think You Are? explored the German origins of his middle name Pfeffel.[5][765][766] Through this family line, Johnson is a descendant in the seventh generation of Anna Catharina Bischoff, whose mummified corpse was found in 1975 and identified in 2018.[767][768] Johnson's paternal great-grandfather was the Ottoman journalist Ali Kemal who was of Turkish origin[757][758][759] and a secular Muslim. Johnson's paternal grandfather, Wilfred Johnson, Ali Kemal's son, was an RAF pilot in Coastal Command during the Second World War.[760] His father's other ancestry includes English, German and French; one of his German ancestors was said to be the illegitimate daughter of Prince Paul of Württemberg and thus a descendant of King George II of Great Britain.[761] This would make him and Elizabeth II sixth cousins twice removed. Through Mary of Teck's connection to Duke Frederick II Eugene of Württemberg, they would in that case also have a closer genealogical link as fifth cousins twice removed. Johnson's mother is the granddaughter of Elias Avery Lowe, a palaeographer, who was a Russian Jewish immigrant to the US,[762] and Pennsylvania-born Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter, a translator of Thomas Mann.[763] Referring to his varied ancestry, Johnson has described himself as a "one-man melting pot" with a combination of Abrahamic religious great-grandparents.[764] Johnson was given the middle name "Boris" after a White Russian émigré named Boris Litwin, who was a friend of his parents.[20] An episode of Who Do You Think You Are? explored the German origins of his middle name Pfeffel.[5][765][766] Through this family line, Johnson is a descendant in the seventh generation of Anna Catharina Bischoff, whose mummified corpse was found in 1975 and identified in 2018.[767][768]*
My point is that Marina and Boris are cut from the same cloth. Self interested and talented journalists who know how to write for their particular audience. I don't think either of them have a strong social conscience or altruism