Actor Hugh Grant is one hell of a prankster who doesn’t have conservatives in his heart. To celebrate the departure of Boris Johnson from Downing Street, he asked for the music of ‘Benny Hill’ to be played… and jokers to take up the challenge.
A start with a fanfare and on the famous music of “Benny Hill”, a cult show on British (and French) television. Known for his sense of humor and his hostility to the English Conservative Party, actor Hugh Grant (“Love at first sight at Nothing Hill”) did not celebrate a wedding but a (political) funeral, that of Boris Johnson. On Twitter, he asked activist Steve Bray, known for his anti-Brexit performances, to play the music of “Benny Hill” to celebrate the departure of “BoJo”, the famous Yakety Sax. And happy fellows to execute, covering the interventions of the journalists live from the residence of the Prime Minister. No doubt, humor question, the English are the best.
Hugh Grant tweeted a request at activists protesting outside Westminster to play the Benny Hill theme on their loudspeakers; when they did it became the soundtrack for street interviews with leading Tories trying to explain the situation to the British people pic.twitter.com/V1LxUoxRUE
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Following a wave of resignations within his government after numerous scandals, Boris Johnson announced Thursday his upcoming departure from Downing Street, the time to find him a successor. Discontent had been simmering for months, fueled in particular by the scandal of illegal parties in Downing Street during the anti-Covid confinement, when the British had to respect very strict rules. “BoJo”, known for not being close to a lie, had varied in his explanations, provoking frustration and then anger among elected conservatives, in a country faced with record inflation of 9% and social movements. His popularity rating had plunged, and nearly 70% of Britons now want him to leave,