Boris Johnson’s cringeworthy Top Gun cosplay earned him some top flight takedowns
It’s good to know that the UK’s prime minister – who has boasted about his green credentials – took time out of his busy schedule of not going to COBRA meetings so he could prepare for a lavish party, to take the controls of a gas-guzzling Typhoon jet.
First footage of the PM at controls of a Typhoon last week.
In a speech this morning he'll compare the flight to
to his leadership of the Tory party:"I hauled the joystick right the way back and we did a loop the loop…" pic.twitter.com/LXyYlArA5Q
— Tamara Cohen (@tamcohen) July 18, 2022
Johnson’s visit to RAF Coningsby, where pilots are trained to fly the jets, looked more like a birthday experience package than a sensible use of a prime minister’s time during several ongoing crises.
Tweeters weren’t impressed.
1.
What did it cost the taxpayer to let our lame duck Prime Minister go on this joyride jolly & do his pathetic Tom Cruise tribute act? Ridiculous. https://t.co/0jeovGMHhn
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 18, 2022
2.
fair play to the guy, faced with two months left in the job and zero ambition for your future who amongst us wouldn't ignore our inbox and just rinse all the perks of the industry https://t.co/xvYGiVTurE
— alex hern (@alexhern) July 18, 2022
3.
Johnson treating his final weeks in Downing Street like that period when you’ve done all your uni exams but still got your house for a while https://t.co/7MlSbmZkkW
— Liam Thorp (@LiamThorpECHO) July 18, 2022
4.
I see Boris Johnson's doing his 'last days of being PM bucket list' https://t.co/S8Xus4hllD
— Nadine Batchelor-Hunt (@nadinebh_) July 18, 2022
5.
His ego's writing cheques the country can't cash. https://t.co/Fm1IgnrKdy
— Robert Hutton (@RobDotHutton) July 18, 2022
6.
There may be a cost of living crisis and a climate change-induced heatwave, but caretaker Prime Minister Boris Johnson is spending his time doing loop the loops…pic.twitter.com/WJ0ApptNEv
— The National (@ScotNational) July 18, 2022
7.
At least he’s having fun https://t.co/JPfPHTR2Im
— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) July 18, 2022
8.
Boris Johnson doesn't give a f*ck… he's now more interested in playing in some very expensive toys & having parties at Chequers, at our expense, instead.
— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) July 18, 2022