Boris Bunter visits Scotland
Boris Johnson is set to pay another visit to Scotland and the police have been charged with protection, presumably protecting the Scottish people from Johnson.
Media reports have suggested that this operation was initially known as Bunter but the name was changed because the thought occurred that it might be offensive.
The line is that Bunter was a randomly generated computer name, which for those familiar with such things, might raise the question of what computer exactly the Scottish police use.
The name of course was entirely accurate.
Frank Richards character Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School was a somewhat rotund figure in appearance but it is his character that really fits Johnson.
Wiki describes this as: obtuse, lazy, racist, deceitful, slothful, self-important and conceited.
It goes on to note that Bunter saw himself as, ‘talented, handsome and aristocratic’.
The police should have stuck with Bunter.
Definitely!!
I see in that free rag, The Metro, a letter from someone complaining that calling Johnson a muppet is rude. Totally agree. The Muppets were brilliant and made people laugh and be happy. On the other hand we have Johnson….
Gill
The Scotsman tells us the Bunter name was changed instead to ‘‘Operation Aeration” which isn’t that much better as it refers to pumping hot air into a substance to make it more lightweight. It is also a term used in the sewage industry and there refers to using Aeration to speed up sludge decomposition……