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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https://twitter.com/HereticHR/status/948211875984142336
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https://twitter.com/wordsbyana/status/948342797400264704
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There we go pic.twitter.com/GaQQfNdECb
— Martin (@MFordDownes) January 2, 2018
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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 …
https://twitter.com/Far_Right_Watch/status/948342706442592261