'Fit as a butcher's dog', UK PM does press ups to show coronavirus recovery

[webfact]

'Fit as a butcher's dog', UK PM does press ups to show coronavirus recovery

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Britain, June 24, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson did some press ups to show he was "as fit as a butcher's dog" in an interview with the Mail on Sunday newspaper, just months after he fought for his life in hospital against the coronavirus.

 

Johnson, well known for staging eye-catching stunts during the campaign to leave the European Union and as London's mayor, used the interview to unveil plans to spend on infrastructure to help Britain "bounce back" after the coronavirus lockdown.

 

But the British leader was also keen to show he was returned to health after being in intensive care in April after testing positive for the coronavirus, a stay he described shortly afterwards as one which "could have gone either way".

 

"I'm as fit as a butcher's dog now," Johnson said, and after asking: "Do you want me to do some press-ups to show you how fit I am?", the prime minister, dressed in a shirt and tie, then got on the floor to complete some press ups.

 

"The country is going to bounce forward, and I certainly feel full of beans. Never felt better."

 

(Reporting by Elizabeth Piper; Editing by Alison Williams)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-06-29

 

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[JonnyF]

Excellent news. Good to see Boris has recovered, you can't keep a good man down.????

 

We'll need him more than ever over the next 6 months to ensure we don't get railroaded into a terrible deal with the EU again. 

[JonnyF]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Does the UK want a deal? Really? It's so much easier to blame the EU for all the bad things that will happen.

 

And about Boris: Good that he is fit again. Does that mean he will from now on work full time? Or will he continue to do what the unelected Dominic tells him to do?

Well that depends on the deal doesn't it. We want a simple free trade deal that helps trade on both sides and respects each others status as a sovereign nation. Like all free trade deals.

 

If they want a deal that involves us subjugating ourselves to EU rules and the European Court of Justice, then they can forget it. No other free trade deal involves such stipulations and once again proves the lack of good faith that the EU has been demonstrating since we opted to leave their protectionist racket in 2016.

 

Your comments on one of Boris' advisors is juvenile so I won't stoop to that level to respond.

[thequietman]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

"I'm as fit as a butcher's dog now," Johnson said, and after asking: "Do you want me to do some press-ups to show you how fit I am?", the prime minister, dressed in a shirt and tie, then got on the floor to complete some press ups.

Put a woman under him, and he'll do another 20.

[twocatsmac]

It appears many are jealous of the UKs maverick pm. 

[Matzzon]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

"as fit as a butcher's dog"

That would be something that only a brit would understand, right?

[Estrada]

"Fit as a butcher's dog". So he means overfed, over weight and lethargic. Sound right.

[flossie35]

4 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Well that depends on the deal doesn't it. We want a simple free trade deal that helps trade on both sides and respects each others status as a sovereign nation. Like all free trade deals.

 

If they want a deal that involves us subjugating ourselves to EU rules and the European Court of Justice, then they can forget it. No other free trade deal involves such stipulations and once again proves the lack of good faith that the EU has been demonstrating since we opted to leave their protectionist racket in 2016.

 

Your comments on one of Boris' advisors is juvenile so I won't stoop to that level to respond.

You mean like the deal with the US where we have to agree to buy poisonous food, pay more for medicines to swell the coffers of big pharma, etc etc? You don't understand trade agreements at all. EU rules, like not importing poisonous food, are sensible and good for us.

The Cummings comment was spot on. The other thing you don't understand is how our government is supposed to work. An "unelected bureaucrat", to use a brexiters' favourite expression, is not supposed to be in charge. In prison would be better.

[Card]

7 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Excellent news. Good to see Boris has recovered, you can't keep a good man down.????

 

We'll need him more than ever over the next 6 months to ensure we don't get railroaded into a terrible deal with the EU again. 

He's a buffoon in the style of trump. He will give into the EU demands eventually. He's a reversable weakling, always U-turning. He tries to sound strong like Churchill, pathetic to see on TV. Talks a load of generalised, fake bs throwing his chubby arms around as if to convince you knuckle draggers that he actually means what he says. It's all an act. Can't wait for PM Starmer.

[transam]

1 minute ago, Card said:

He's a buffoon in the style of trump. He will give into the EU demands eventually. He's a reversable weakling, always U-turning. He tries to sound strong like Churchill, pathetic to see on TV. Talks a load of generalised, fake bs throwing his chubby arms around as if to convince you knuckle draggers that he actually means what he says. It's all an act. Can't wait for PM Starmer.

What is a "knuckle dragger", as it seems you are referring to me...? ????

[chilli42]

Fit?  That man is a stroke waiting to happen.

[Boon Mee]

Sure do miss the tag team of Ronnie and Maggie... 

[sawadee1947]

7 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Excellent news. Good to see Boris has recovered, you can't keep a good man down.????

 

We'll need him more than ever over the next 6 months to ensure we don't get railroaded into a terrible deal with the EU again. 

I wish you would have to stay in Uk from 2021 and feel the pain in your ass. 

Otherwise you would not write such nonsense. ????

[transam]

7 minutes ago, chilli42 said:

Fit?  That man is a stroke waiting to happen.

And you are a copy of "David", I bet.....But beware, there are some statue destroyers out there that might get confused.....????............????

[transam]

5 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said:

I wish you would have to stay in Uk from 2021 and feel the pain in your ass. 

Otherwise you would not write such nonsense. ????

Pot-Kettle....????

[evadgib]

11 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said:

I wish you would have to stay in Uk from 2021 and feel the pain in your ass. 

Otherwise you would not write such nonsense. ????

When did you last set foot there Seamus, given your loathing of the place & allegiance to all things EU?

 

Eire will need UK....

[Lacessit]

I would have thought the ability to do mental press-ups would be a more desirable attribute for the leader of a country.

[sawadee1947]

1 hour ago, evadgib said:

When did you last set foot there Seamus, given your loathing of the place & allegiance to all things EU?

 

Eire will need UK....

Currently I'm in my house in Limerick ????

[Mavideol]

and his latest comments says it all, he/himself and he's gang of nerdy's are the ones who screwed things up but his going to play the blaming game....

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/absolute-nightmare-boris-johnson-coronavirus-082052446.html

The prime minister, speaking to Times Radio, also suggested an investigation should take place into the UK’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, but said now “was not the right time”.

[sawadee1947]

1 hour ago, evadgib said:

When did you last set foot there Seamus, given your loathing of the place & allegiance to all things EU?

 

Eire will need UK....

Nobody needs here UK, Mr. Martin, our new Taoiseach will know how to avoid IT. 

[metisdead]

Troll posts and the replies have been removed. 

[evadgib]

2 hours ago, sawadee1947 said:

Currently I'm in my house in Limerick ????

As I thought; Ranting at the neighbours from what Bercow called 'a sedentary position' ????

 

(It happens to me too but my trigger is Piers Morgan on GMB ???? )

Edited June 29, 2020 by evadgib

[Mapguy]

I think many would have preferred a longer convalescence.  Nice Southern mid- Atlantic island, perhaps?

[samran]

4 hours ago, Lacessit said:

I would have thought the ability to do mental press-ups would be a more desirable attribute for the leader of a country.

Verbal back flips and leaps of logic are more his style.

Edited June 29, 2020 by samran

[kingdong]

6 hours ago, sawadee1947 said:

Currently I'm in my house in Limerick ????

its a long way from tipperary.

[Meat Pie 47]

8 hours ago, chilli42 said:

Fit?  That man is a stroke waiting to happen.

Maybe he will lose some weight if he finds a barber

[taxin]

No doubt the lefties will find some reason to condone this phrase.
 

So an unfit dog doesn’t matter ? All dogs matter !!! 

[Meat Pie 47]

2 minutes ago, taxin said:

No doubt the lefties will find some reason to condone this phrase.
 

So an unfit dog doesn’t matter ? All dogs matter !!! 

As long they are black

[Kadilo]

14 hours ago, thequietman said:

Put a woman under him, and he'll do another 20.

30 if it’s Dom

[greeneking]

Will the photo op idea catch on here?