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As Peter Reid said , don't call him Boris , he is not your mate ! .Calling Johnson 'Boris' is symptomatic of a personality cult and happens in dictatorships. People refer to Boris rather than Johnson as if it is an all powerful force. People seem to think it's cute or something but it's enabling the government to escape accountability. It's unhealthy and need to stop.
The same goes for Nigel Farage and the Hail Fellow Well Met act for the cameras with the pint ( when in reality it'd be shorts and strong wine - * apparently someone had a photo taken with him in Malta and he stank of booze from the night before , needing a good shower ) , the country squire in the pub holding court with his estate workers in the battered Barbour coat and corduroy trousers .
It's not just a Tory / Brexit thing either , Jess Phillips and her everyone's best mate in the pub act but in reality a bully , someone said I'm not really shocked by her as I've seen so many women like her before , only further down the food chain in local government , in the corporate world etc .
* Allegedly her parents had to have ' a word ' with her , greasy lank hair and stinking of BO .
I can remember a staff meeting at work and the general manageress saying please don't put me in that situation as it's embarrassing for me , having to do ' that talk ' .