Politics
Kate Plummer
Oct 07, 2021
The Daily Express has been roasted for being slightly too big of a Boris Johnson fan.
In a celebratory front page following the Prime Minister’s speech to the Conservative Party conference yesterday, the paper splashed a photo of Johnson at the speech with his fist in the air with a headline reading: “Iron Man Boris: I’ll unleash the spirit of Britain”.
Johnson had said – among all the jokes and puns – that he wanted to unleash “the unique spirit of Britain” and deliver opportunity for all through his vague “levelling up” agenda in the speech. It was criticised for being a bit thin on policy but the Express certainly gave it a good review.
Reacting to it, people were quick to point out that the paper had a rather ropey understanding of what happens in the Iron Man films and that it wasn’t the flattering comparison they were trying to make.
Others said it was completely embarrassing for a paper to brownnose a Prime Minister in this manner and further still said the “unique spirit of Britain” was a bit more “hungover Netflix binges” than “extremely productive workforce”.
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Here are nine such reactions:
Puts me in mind of Arnold Rimmer; Old Iron Balls, Big Man, etc. #RedDwarf Also, the Brexit "Spirit of Britain" is… https://t.co/P8xh0Aj0S9— Kevin F. Quinn 🤠 (@Kevin F. Quinn 🤠) 1633603096
He's gonna be fucking gutted when he realises the 'Spirit of Britain' is a happy drunk eating a bad donner at a bus… https://t.co/fXQxPCWMT1— John Bull (@John Bull) 1633601534
Struggling to understand how the Spirit of Britain can be unleashed when it can't travel anywhere, can't sell anyth… https://t.co/jrSuJyfAO5— Paul Sharp (@Paul Sharp) 1633602692
Boris Johnson is like Iron Man in the same way Thanos is like Ghandi https://t.co/4D0mmZGCHi— Toby Earle (@Toby Earle) 1633559071
I suggested yesterday that it would be hard to get a substantive front page from the contents of the speech. And he… https://t.co/7ZkeNrFzX0— James Oh Brien (@James Oh Brien) 1633591320
@SoozUK @press_not_sorry This is the spirit of Britain unleashed 😂 https://t.co/KnOrkxQVTf— Lauren Nolan (@Lauren Nolan) 1633591158
Just another silly day on Normal Island where one of our most popular newspapers tells its sizeable readership that… https://t.co/R0OeiHJyz4— Sooz Kempner (@Sooz Kempner) 1633587467
The Express is running with Boris Johnson being Iron Man. A monster who's goal is to wipe out half the population b… https://t.co/uPoNz71CJF— The Sting (@The Sting) 1633591981
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