Fruity gossip
Today’s Telegraph gossip column brings us an anecdote from Saturday’s Stonewall hustings:
Boris’s bloomer
Convivial chap that he is, Boris Johnson - the Tories’ candidate in the London mayoral election - bounded up to his Lib Dem opponent Brian Paddick at the Stonewall hustings on the South Bank yesterday. "How are you, old fruit?" Boris greeted the homosexual former police chief.
One of Paddick’s associates started to giggle. Boris blushed. "Oh Lord, I didn’t mean it like that, honestly," Boris blustered. "I meant it as in ‘old bean’ or ‘old chap’." Paddick smiled stoically.
He really does manage to put his foot in it at the slightest opportunity, doesn’t he? And this is while he’s off the drink.
Imagine him trying to run City Hall when he’s back on the booze. Imagine that, imagine the embarrassment, imagine the shame – and keep that all in mind when you’re voting next week!