Boris Johnson praised Toby Young’s ‘caustic wit’ so people found 9 examples of what he meant

Boris Johnson has leapt to the defence of Toby Young after the writer’s controversial appointment by the government to help lead a new universities watchdog.

Ridiculous outcry over Toby Young. He will bring independence, rigour and caustic wit. Ideal man for job

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) January 3, 2018

Aside from the question of how much trouble you have to be in to require Boris Johnson to come to your defence, what is this ‘caustic wit’ that Johnson speaks of?

Here are 9 examples posted by people on Twitter.

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Saved for posterity @toadmeister pic.twitter.com/FSkMgryBoU

— Sam Wise (@SamWise24) January 2, 2018

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@mrjamesob lol that one got deleted in maybe 2 mins pic.twitter.com/Jrc6HguSZF

— Harry Jay Robinson (@HarryJayRob) January 2, 2018

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Hi @toadmeister, that wasn’t Danny Boyle’s wife. It was his student DAUGHTER who was a MINOR at the time.

I’ve known this family since childhood. We’ve grown up together & I know her date of birth.

In case it wasn’t obvious, Toby Young is disgusting. pic.twitter.com/XbndQImDb7

— Ana ফরজানা (@wordsbyana) January 2, 2018

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There we go pic.twitter.com/GaQQfNdECb

— Martin (@MFordDownes) January 2, 2018

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Everytime #TobyYoung trends, my Fairy Godmother says to me "you must tweet that video."

So, here you go folks. pic.twitter.com/kdJjOwgJmf

— Teacher Toolkit (@TeacherToolkit) January 1, 2018

Truly he is a master of the bon mot! Except they are not as easy to find as they used to be.

Toby Young has deleted almost 50,000 tweets today pic.twitter.com/Bgn60UmBCc

— Matthew Champion (@matthewchampion) January 3, 2018

To recap …

A little context for the Toby Young appointment : Under current guidelines his views, writings and posts would preclude him from being a Teaching Assistant.

— Far Right Watch (@Far_Right_Watch) January 2, 2018

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