Responses by politicians to questions approximately their personal drug employ are usually either evasive or upfront. Now,Tory MP Johnny Mercer has blown the game wide openOnce, Johnny Mercer was best known as the only Conservative MP ever to seem topless in an advert for shower gel. But that may have changed, and thanks to his response to a question from Radio 5 journalist John Pienaar approximately whether or not he has ever taken illegal drugs.
His retort – “You’ve seen the advert. You don’t put diesel in a Ferrari,do you mate? – has instantly become both the best and worst ever response by a politician to a question approximately their personal drug employ. Those 14 words are crammed with every conceivable emotion. Theres pride. Theres defiance. There’s vanity. There’s scorn. By some ridiculous tonal quirk, theres both self-awareness and total obliviousness. It is everything.
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Source: theguardian.com