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Boris Johnson Loses His Place -Compares Himself to Moses & Rambles About Peppa Pig in BIZARRE Business Speech
The Prime Minister also jokingly quoted Lenin, talked about how he used to scorn wind farms and electric cars, and impersonated a car saying: “Broom broom brah brah!”
Daily Mirror 23 NOV 2021.
He lost his place and spent 20 seconds rifling through his notes, muttering: “Forgive me” before then rambling about Peppa Pig in a bizarre speech to business leaders.
The Prime Minister had hoped to steady wobbles to his leadership over high-speed rail,care and sleaze with a speech to the CBI conference.
Trumping the speech ahead of time, No10 announced new homes in England will have to include electric vehicle charging points, adding "up to" 140,000 new points per year.
But it went off the rails after he lost his place and spent just over 20 seconds rifling through his notes, muttering “forgive me” three times and "blast it". Business leaders in the tent appeared unsure how to react.
He then went into a lengthy diversion about Peppa Pig World - which is almost 6 hours' drive from South Shields - after visiting it yesterday.
He demanded to know why business leaders in South Shields had not visited the children’s attraction 330 miles away in Hampshire
The Prime Minister also jokingly quoted Lenin, referred to himself as Moses, talked about how he used to scorn wind farms and electric cars, and impersonated an accelerating car saying: “Broom broom brah brah!”
The Labour Party tweeted: “The joke’s not funny any more”.
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey said: “Businesses are crying out for clarity. Instead, all they got was Boris Johnson rambling on about Peppa Pig.
“It is a perfect metaphor for Johnson’s chaotic, incompetent Government as it trashes our economy, but it is not worthy of a British Prime Minister.
All the ridiculous moments from Boris Johnson's 'shambolic' Peppa Pig business speech
"The Prime Minister famously said he was going to “f” business - the least he could do is to deliver a decent f-ing speech.”
North East businessman Richard Swart, who is global sales and quality director at County Durham manufacturer Berger Group and chairman of the Advanced Manufacturing Forum, told the Mirror the speech was "catastrophic".
He said: "This was way below par for a Prime Minister, especially given the multitude of challenges this country is facing.
"We are desperate for statesmanlike behaviour to help us navigate through Covid, Brexit, labour shortages and other challenges we face.
Boris Johnson was seen enjoying a day at Peppa Pig World theme park in the New Forest with his one-year-old son
"It is time for the Tory Party to put ideological loyalties to one side, focus on what's good for the country and choose more responsible leadership."
An ITV reporter even asked Mr Johnson "is everything OK?" to which he replied: "I think people got the vast majority of the points I wanted to make and I thought it went over well."
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said: "The PM's shambolic CBI speech shows how unseriously he takes British business, and how he lacks any plan for growth."
Mr Johnson's surprise reference to Peppa Pig came shortly after he regained his place in his speech.
He said: "Yesterday I went, as we all must, to Peppa Pig World."I don’t know if you’ve been to Peppa Pig world, who’s been, hands up anyone who’s been to Peppa Pig World? ...Not enough."
Peppa Pig World is almost six hours' drive from the venue he was speaking at in South Shields.
He added: "I loved it and Peppa Pig World is very much my kind of place. It has very safe streets, err… discipline in schools, heavy emphasis on new mass transit systems, even if they’re a bit stereotypical about Daddy Pig."
Praising the character as an example of British innovation, he continued: "Who would have believed that a pig that looks like a hairdryer or possibly a Picasso-like hairdryer, a pig that was rejected by the BBC, would now be exported to 180 countries with theme parks both in America and China?"
Boris Johnson gave a rambling speech to business leaders in South Shields
The BBC has later confirmed it had not rejected Peppa Pig.
Mr Johnson made eyebrow-raising claims about high-speed rail and business.
He boasted: "Last week we announced three vast new high speed lines, cutting the time from London to Manchester by an hour and creating a new Crossrail of the North."
That is despite the fact the "three vast new high-speed lines" were in fact the fragments left over after previous plans for new high-speed track were slashed.
He also said “I’ve never been anything other than business’s number one fan,” despite privately saying “f*** business” in a 2018 row over Brexit.
Meanwhile Mr Johnson predicted workers will come back to offices despite soaring Covid cases.
He said: "There are also sound evolutionary reasons why Mother Nature does not like working from home, so I prophesise people will come back.
Mr Johnson predicted workers will come back to offices despite soaring Covid cases
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