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Woohoo Seeker you REALLY will disapprove of Boris 'You can call me Al' Johnson!!

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ButterflyMcQueen · 03/05/2008 17:55

his kids names are great!!!

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ButterflyMcQueen · 03/05/2008 17:57

'Lara Lettice, Milo Arthur, Cassia Peaches and Theodore Apollo'

FAB

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hatrick · 03/05/2008 17:59

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ButterflyMcQueen · 03/05/2008 21:36

Cassia is delightful

What excellent taste you have Hatrick

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JohnsonsIsBest · 03/05/2008 21:37

cant beleeeeeeeeeeeve he got in

ButterflyMcQueen · 03/05/2008 21:50

yes but what do you think of his babies names?

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MrsMattie · 04/05/2008 10:20

And his wife is called Allegra. Oh, they're not posh are they?

'Darling, Boris and Allegra are coming over for a spot of foie gras tonight...'

Theodore Apollo - poor kid.

slinkiemalinki · 04/05/2008 20:21

His ex-wife's Allegra. I think his wife is Marina. Or something. I think he uses Boris instead of his first name Alexander - all part of the "wacky old buffer" image.

ButterflyMcQueen · 04/05/2008 21:35

I think Theodore Apollo to be 'inspired'

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morningpaper · 04/05/2008 21:37

his full name is

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson

everyone knows that don't they

ElizabethBeresfordSW19 · 04/05/2008 21:38

I think Allegra was his first wife. Marina is his second, or current wife........

ButterflyMcQueen · 04/05/2008 21:40

although my turkish descent his family name is osman

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ButterflyMcQueen · 04/05/2008 21:40

'by'

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Oliveoil · 04/05/2008 21:42

what is the problem with him being 'posh'?

oooh lets slag him off because he went to Eton, the bastard

[rolls commoner eyes]

morningpaper · 04/05/2008 21:45

there's nothing wrong with being posh

although it doesn't really give you much of an understanding of how life is for 'common' people, in, say, a bustling multicultural city struggling with poverty

such as ooh I don't know London or something

Oliveoil · 04/05/2008 21:46

and everyone calls him a buffoon, far from it imo

anyhoo, I don't know why I give a shit, the world doesn't revolve around London, shocking as that may seem to some

seeker · 04/05/2008 21:46

See, that's my point. Several of those names are pretty bonkers, but,apart from Apollo and Peaches, I would defend to the death his right to use them. They are all proper names, with history and provenance.

Mind you, that is the ONLY thing he has ever done or said that I would defend his right to do or say. In all other respects I think he is a racist,sexist homophobic, over privileged capitalist running dog adulterous snob who should be first against the wall when the revolution comes.

seeker · 04/05/2008 21:48

6h, I also defend his right to be posh. Think how much worse he would be if he adopted a faux Esturine accent and pretended to be interested in football and Pop Idol.

onceinalifetime · 04/05/2008 21:48

I think we're in for a few surreal years.

ButterflyMcQueen · 04/05/2008 21:50

his grandfather was an immigrant

i dont think he is quite as 'silver spoon' as all that

we would not crticise old "Wedgie - Benn' now would we?

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seeker · 05/05/2008 06:59

Not all immigrants arrive at Dover with just the clothes they stand up in you know!

seeker · 05/05/2008 06:59

Criticise Tony Benn for what?

kiskideesameanoldmother · 05/05/2008 07:50

never heard of rich, well connected immigrants?

hmm, Jenny Churchill? bet Portillo's spanish family wasn't short a few bob or connections.

on boris' His great-grandfather, Ali Kemal, a Turkish journalist, was briefly interior minister in the government of Ahmed Tevfik Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire"

ButterflyMcQueen · 05/05/2008 21:32

i know what you are saying and obviously not paupers but not landed gentry

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seeker · 05/05/2008 23:26

Rich enough to buy a large house with lots of land in Devon for Boris and his siblings to grow up in!

I have no problem with this - but if people are thinking he's the child of penniless immigrants, they need to be put right!

ButterflyMcQueen · 05/05/2008 23:34

lovely names though seeker

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