Boris Johnson waves a kipper round his head, what’s wrong with bloaters?
At a Tory leadership ‘hustings’ on Tuesday Boris Johnson waved a kipper around his head. He was apparently trying to make a point about EU Regulations. Obviously the point he was trying to make was completely wrong but would you expect anything else?
However Johnson’s use of a kipper begs a wider question. What’s wrong with using a bloater? While the kipper and the bloater are not quite the same thing, both are smoked fish.
The difference is that the bloater historically was a cheap proletarian food while the kipper was eaten by the better off for their breakfast.
Below are just two of several references to bloaters in the Ragged Trousered Philanthropists a book one suspects Johnson has never read.
Harlow, as he was toasting a bloater on the end of a pointed stick.
Crass. smoking and toasting one of the bloaters at the end of a pointed stick
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