Ask A Stupid Question

I listened to some of  the BBC's Question Time programme last night and as ever the audience had more than its fair share of smart-assed people asking really dumb questions.

One chap, who obviously regarded himself as smarter than the average bear, demanded to know why the Government had not been making better contingency plans for life are Brexit to prevent the damage currently been done to the UK economy.

Presumably this person just ignored all the warnings issued by the Remain campaign and preferred the propaganda of Boris Johnson & Co about only being able to buy bananas in bunches two or three.

But leaving that aside the more practical answer is that the Cabinet and the Government were riven by their disagreements over Europe which is why normal cabinet government was suspended during the referendum campaign.

If you ask me, being polite to stupid people in studio audiences is greatly overrated.

 

Boris Bananaman (30/67/16)

I sent an email to Boris Johnson during the referendum campaign over his comments about the EU restricting people from buying banana in bunches of more than 'two or three' at a time.

Not as damaging as other ludicrous claims to do with a pain-free Brexit or a huge cash boost for the NHS, but two weeks on I'm still waiting on  a reply.

No wonder people get fed up with politics and politicians.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Irvine 
To: boris.johnson.mp 
Sent: Thu, Jun 9, 2016 12:09 pm
Subject: Banana Comments and the European Union

Dear Boris

Banana Comments and the European Union

As one of the key figures in the Leave Campaign to take the UK out of the European Union, I would be grateful if you could clarify your thoughts on bananas before polling day on 23 June 2016.

I have say that I was completely taken aback by your comments about being unable to buy bananas in "bunches of more than two or three" which is a perfectly ridiculous statement for an informed and educated person to make.

Never mind an honourable Member of Parliament and someone who is spoken of as a future leader of the Conservative Party, potentially at least.

I look forward to your reply.

Kind regards

Mark Irvine

Bananarama (20/05/16)

Here's a bunch of five bananas I bought in my local supermarket in Glasgow the other day, one or two of which were especially 'curvy'.

So I think I'll send a copy of this post to Boris Johnson courtesy of his Westminster email address and ask the leader of the 'Leave' campaign if he is now prepared to eat his words.

Boris Goes Bananas (18/05/16)

I'm off to my local supermarket later today to test Boris Johnson's latest intervention in the great EU debate to destruction.

As regular readers know, I've been saying for some time that Bojo's lost his mojo, but it appears even worse than that because his thoughts on bananas suggest that the former London Mayor really lost his marbles.

Speaking in support of his view as to why Britain should leave the EU, Boris said:

"If we take back control on 23 June, we can also get rid of so much of the pointless rules and regulations that are holding back this country.

"This gentleman here mentions bananas. It is absurd that we are told you cannot sell bananas of bunches of more than two or three bananas.

"You cannot sell bananas with abnormal curvature of the fingers. Why should they tell us?"

Now I've bought bananas in all kinds of places - Morrisons, Sainsburys, Asda, Tesco, Marks & Spencer, local markets - and I've done so both at home and abroad (in Europe) without the slightest problem.

I've never been restricted to just two or three bananas or had extra curvy ones snatched form my hands at the till.

But it's great PR for the Remain side while making Bojo look like a complete laughing stock - Boris may be good for a laugh, but his hopes of ever becoming Prime Minister are receding by the day.