The last one, he reports, started by five secretaries from Surbiton in 1968, ended in farce when it was discovered that the 'I'm Backing Britain' T-shirts had been made in Portugal – and other howlers.
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| Boris: "filled with a sense of mission" |
It seems the Mayor of London had been inspired by spotting a bottle of English wine in his local supermarket. He evidently found something comical about it, likening the idea of English Wine to madrigals, Morris Dancing and brass rubbings.
I was surprised at his surprise, frankly, but to give the man his due, he decided to buy it, as an act of support for a British business... "I would be supporting a British firm, helping its cash flow in a tough time; and as my fingers fastened around the neck of the bottle I was filled with a sense of mission..."
It all sounds a bit tongue-in-cheek, that's the man's style after all, but the last line of the piece, which argues for us all to buy British when we can, is pleasing.
"The wine was terrific, by the way."
Now all we need to know is which one he took home from that shopping trip.
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