To ask why we call him 'Boris' ?

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It really irks me.

No other PM has been referred to in this way (aside from maybe 'Maggie' but even that is usually by a small group and she is mostly known as Thatcher.

We wouldn't call the others Gordon, Tony, John or Theresa. It's either just their last name or both first AND last.

I can only imagine it's because he has managed to carve out an informal 'man of the people' nonsense caricature??

I don't!
He's lying Bawbag to me.

I calls him Bodge Job

Because he has employed PR consultants for years. They decided Boris is friendly and unique so we call him Boris.

Sunak is now spending £500,000 of tax payers money on PR to try and emulate this. Rishi will be amazing.

Everything is fine.

Not as prime minister. Nobody was calling Theresa May just 'Theresa'!

Because he's a celebrity rather than a serious politician and 'Boris' is the stage name he's cultivated

Because I have zero respect for him

Exactly.

Cameron tried it with his, "Call me Dave" thing but it just never stuck.

I’m another that assumes it’s part of his carefully constructed “loveable” clown image.

It’s good, effective branding for him.

Because he’s a clown.

And that’s a good name for a clown.

I always think "Boris The Spider" by the Who, when I hear "Boris"

Look, he's crawling up my wall
Black and hairy, very small
Now he's up above my head
Hanging by a little thread
Boris the spider
Boris the spider

Now he's dropped on to the floor
Heading for the bedroom door
Maybe he's as scared as me
Where's he gone now, I can't see
Boris the spider
Boris the spider

Creepy, crawly
Creepy, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly

There he is wrapped in a ball
Doesn't seem to move at all
Perhaps he's dead, I'll just make sure
Pick this book up off the floor
Boris the spider
Boris the spider
Creepy, crawly
Creepy, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly

He's come to a sticky end
Don't think he will ever mend
Never more will he crawl 'round
He's embedded in the ground
Boris the spider
Boris the spider

I always think "Boris The Spider" by the Who, when I hear "Boris"
Ironic really, spiders are known for having many legs, whereas Johnson seems to spend half of his time legless.

Precisely this.

We call him BoJo in our house.

I used to call Tony Blair, Tone Loc 🤷‍♀️

Oh but how appropriate.

It isn't only Boris though, and he's often referred to as Boris Johnson anyway. We used to say Tony Blair all the time, and often just Tony, as I recall. And what about "Just call me Dave" David Cameron? And it was always 'Maggie' in our house in my younger years.

He isn't Boris in our house, we call him shitface.