Boris Johnson was booed attending and leaving the Jubilee service at St Paul’s on Friday. On Radio 4’s PM the new Political Editor Chris Mason opined it was organised booing
I wasn’t there but I’ve listened a few times to the sound of the crowd on Friday. There are boos but it’s more muttering, mild groaning a sort of general dissent. Similar though on a lower scale to what Nikolai Ceausescu faced in his final public speech on 2nd December 1989.
I don’t know if Chris Mason has any experience of the sound of crowds but organised booing sounds rather like a line that a Tory MP might come out with.
Of course you could organise a few booers but it would look silly if the crowd was not in sympathy. That wasn’t Friday at St Paul’s. Perhaps Mr Mason should wear a false beard and join a protest crowd or two to understand the complex dynamics at work
if you want to know what organised booing sounds like just listen to what happens when England football players take the knee