Britain, get ready: Boris Johnson is on the cusp of power
- Boris Johnson favourite to win Conservative Party’s leadership contest and replace PM Theresa May on Wednesday
- He has vowed to leave the European Union on October 31, with or without a deal
British politician Boris Johnson ended the last day of campaigning for the Conservative Party leadership contest Wednesday standing on a podium in front of a crowd of 2,000 adoring party faithful waving a fish in a Monty Pythonesque rant.
“I want you to consider this kipper which has been presented to me just now by the editor of a national newspaper,” the prime ministerial hopeful bellowed to the crowd.
“Who received it from a kipper smoker in the Isle of Man who is utterly furious because, after decades of sending kippers like this through the post, he has had his costs massively increased by Brussels bureaucrats who have insisted that each kipper must be accompanied by a plastic ice pillow.”
Little did it matter to the Brexit-hungry crowd, that the Isle of Man is not even in the European Union and that hygiene rules for posting fish were made in London.
Amusing his audience with Euro-mythology is how the 55-year-old former journalist and favourite to win the ballot of 170,000 party members for the top Tory job arrived where he is today.
If as widely expected his lifelong ambition to become prime minister, albeit chosen by around 0.3 per cent of the population.
The election was triggered after the incumbent Theresa May resigned after failing to gain approval for her Brexit deal.