It’s not going great for our PM (at the time of posting). His competence and likeability ratings are both falling, according to these YouGov polls and neither include the aftermath of last week’s by-elections.
How should he respond?
Well, there’s always the old strategy (and he’s used it before!).
Profuse apologies to Cole Porter.
Brush up your Classics
In the media and my party, they don’t like comics
So to win them one should quote economics
They go on about Hayek and Friedman
I’d prefer things uncovered by Schliemann …..
Brush up your Classics
Start quoting them now
Brush up your Classics
And the voters you will wow
If you’re working a crowd down in Melbourne
Give them Homer and show that you’re well-born
If they say you are losing the caucus
Mutter something about “peppa porcus”
If the press they need more to distract ‘em
You can always just say, “non est factum”
Brush up your Classics
And some papers you will wow
If they’re bleating on coronavirus
Give ‘em something by Chos or Aeschylus
If by-elections give you the willies
Remember the deeds of Achilles
If your figures are deemed disingenuous
Say “falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus”.
Brush up your Classics
And some loyalists you will wow
Yes, a few friends you will wow
Carpe vinum!
Yes, our Carrie you will wow
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Blimey! When I first posted this, I thought Boris would last more than a week! Hopefully, this post will still be of some historic interest.