So London Mayor Boris Johnson has flung more mud at London's Occupiers. It seems the protesters now accrue "fornicating hippies" to their ever-expanding set of identities.
As Patrick Kingsley observes, this latest flurry is hardly the most scathing of Johnson's attacks. His commentary is laughably out of touch. I'd be tempted to leave his bigotry for humour to expose were it not for his standing as a high-profile public official. Given the man's position there is nothing funny to be seen in his words. Much the opposite.
One wonders if the caricatures often painted of Boris aren't enough in themselves to discourage his small-minded, quick-tongued venom.
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