Boris Johnson says he relaxes by making buses out of boxes – simply 14 very funny responses

John Plunkett. Updated June 25th, 2019

Breaking news from the Tory leadership contest today is that Boris Johnson has told an interviewer he relaxes by making buses out of old boxes and painting them.

No, us neither.

Boris Johnson paints things on buses for a hobby, as well as a career. This answer to @rosskempsell is one of the oddest things you’ll see today. pic.twitter.com/Mlx7KnpU3x

— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) June 25, 2019

And it prompted no end of comment – including the great Simon McCoy of BBC News – of which these are our favourites.

Ah, now I see why Boris Johnson thinks that people don’t want to know about his private life. https://t.co/8HLnFiozvn

— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) June 25, 2019

And then I pretend I'm the driver of the bus, and I hurtle towards the cliff edge shouting wheeeeeeeeeeee! https://t.co/7jG1Ps7Rmq

— Jay Rayner (@jayrayner1) June 25, 2019

THEORY: As he gives these answers, Boris Johnson is looking out of a window, through which he can see some buses and some crates. https://t.co/UakCRJLbNi

— Jonn Elledge (@JonnElledge) June 25, 2019

He sounds exactly like the “I was very, very drunk” bloke from the Fast Show here. Utterly incoherent pic.twitter.com/oSORzf15lq

— Tom Copley (@tomcopley) June 25, 2019

Boris Johnson: “I make buses… I get old wooden crates… and I paint them…” pic.twitter.com/QYAM90Jmpv

— Damon Evans (@damocrat) June 25, 2019

Last PM: I RUN THROUGH WHEAT FOR FUN

New PM: I MAKE BUSES OUT OF BOXES AND PAINT THEM.

Like fucking serial killer interviews.

— John Rain CBE (@MrKenShabby) June 25, 2019

Are we allowed to ask May to stay? https://t.co/HkjCye87gM

— Robert Popper (@robertpopper) June 25, 2019

I will give £200 to a worthy cause if it can be shown that he has painted a wine box bus before this interview took place. https://t.co/GD3DAKvfwy

— Dr Adam Rutherford (@AdamRutherford) June 25, 2019

The current scene in Johnson campaign HQ: aides frantically making buses out of wine boxes, for a photo call later https://t.co/JF2SDGKHIw

— Jonathan Freedland (@Freedland) June 25, 2019

10.

https://twitter.com/KathyBurke/status/1143516380509155331

11.

‘I make things. In fact, I’m making this model bus thing up as I go along…’ https://t.co/ytPyAwEFJI

— Andy Dawson (@profanityswan) June 25, 2019

12.

Honestly don’t get why everyone thinks Johnson is lying about the crate bus painting. He’s not. He’s lying about absolutely everything else.

— Tom Peck (@tompeck) June 25, 2019

13.

why can't we just let an actual human lead us for once https://t.co/ulXppbcQIU

— Alan White (@aljwhite) June 25, 2019

14.

The nation will not rest until we’ve seen Boris’ cornflake packet bus. https://t.co/ZUGpLI1wFY

— Janice Turner (@VictoriaPeckham) June 25, 2019

To conclude …

The Boris Johnson interview with @rosskempsell is just extraordinary. It is like he can vaguely remember when he had a patter that worked, and he lurches into it for brief moments. The rest of the time he looks tired and baffled. It is actually a shocking decline.

— Stig Abell (@StigAbell) June 25, 2019