“Boris Johnson, people always ask me the same question, they say, 'Is Boris a very very clever man pretending to be an idiot?”
And I always say, 'No.'
Parkinson, ITV, 19 November 2006.
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Ian Hislop 7
Satirical comedian, Editor, Television and radio presenter 1960Related quotes

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