Johnson Hides in Fridge To Avoid TV Interview

Johnson Hides in Fridge To Avoid TV Interview

The opinion polls strongly suggest that this Thursday, the turkeys will be voting for Christmas, and will elect Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party, with a majority. Ominously,  the following day will be Friday the 13th.

The Conservatives have now been in office for nearly a decade. Throughout this period, economic growth has been anaemic, real incomes have been largely stagnant, and people on lower incomes and benefits have borne the brunt of government imposed austerity. Almost half of all working adults in the UK, don't earn enough to pay income tax which starts at £12,500. Yet, despite this, slightly more working class people (DE voters) are expected to vote for the Conservatives tomorrow, than middle class people, (AB voters).

According to the opinion polls, the Conservatives have a ten to fifteen point lead over Labour.Why Labour should be failing to attract so many working-class voters is perplexing as is the question, as to why so many, vote against their own direct interests. 

Labour, are offering the electorate a - 5% pay rise for public sector workers; free dental checks; free hospital parking; free tuition fees; free broadband; free prescriptions; free personal care for the elderly; a £10 minimum wage for all those over 16; compensation for WASPI women; a 32-hour working week over a decade and the nationalisation of rail, mail, water, and energy.  

Although Boris Johnson is the bookies and pollsters favourite to win, he's regarded as something of a joke, rather like the uncouth and lecherous, Sir Les Patterson character, made famous by the Australian comedian Barry Humphries. For many English voters, this seems to be what makes him so attractive  - he's a jester, a comedian, who will deliver a Brexit that is likely to make them all poorer. 

Johnson was laughed at by a television audience when he was asked about trust and he declines to say how many children, he has fathered. His comments are often regarded as incendiary and offensive and he's inclined to put his foot in his mouth. The strategy of his campaign team has been to avoid scrutiny at all cost and to keep interviews and contact with the public to a minimum (see video). Johnson recently commented, that he had been off the booze during the campaign, and was spending his spare time doing quadratic equations and reading pre-Socratic philosophy.

John Major, the former Conservative prime minister is urging people not to vote Conservative on Thursday, because he believes Boris Johnson will be a disaster for Britain as will Brexit, and the former Conservative minister, Michael Heseltine, is out campaigning for the Liberal Democrats.