"Bien je jamais"?
Boris Johnson started a recent interview segment this way:
Interviewer: | Did you really call the French turds? |
Boris Johnson: | Well I doubt- I have no- I have no recollection of this- uh of- of- of this- uh of this- this comment um but you know I- I notice- I notice that um it is- you know it is- it's not very well sourced this story but anyway um |
Interviewer: | well it seems to have come from the foreign office what do you read into that? |
Boris Johnson: | bien je jamais as we say um uh in french um I think- I think- um look the- the serious question uh that perhaps under- underlying all this uh and- and perhaps what- what everyone wanted to know is uh can I get a fantastic deal from our country from our french friends can we go forwards in a collegiate uh friendly way and yes of course we can |
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