Just returned from hols in N.Italy, where I spent a lunchtime chatting about Brexit and UK politics with the group of German, Italian and Swiss riders I was with. One of the Swiss and some of the German guys thought BoJo was a comedy character playing the part of mayor for the London olympics – y’know, part of the quirky British humour thing. They were astounded that he’s a real politician with a senior job in the UK government; I think they only believed me when one of the other Swiss guys confirmed it. The general consensus seemed to be “the UK is screwed if you have that clown in your government”, and “ah, now we realise how Brexit happened”.
