A tweet by David Baddiel has been labelled the “greatest own ever” after he compared Boris Johnson’s language to fictional schoolboy Billy Bunter.
The comedian hit out at the Foreign Secretary after his description of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as a “mutton-headed old mugwump”.
Nothing makes me want to vote for Corbyn more than Boris Johnson using – and thinking it's adorable – his stupid Billy Bunter language. pic.twitter.com/5hu6qeGPQz
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) April 27, 2017
Baddiel, 52, posted on Twitter: “Nothing makes me want to vote for Corbyn more than Boris Johnson using – and thinking it’s adorable – his stupid Billy Bunter language.”
Thanks to @Mungo_5 for calling this "the greatest Twitter own ever." pic.twitter.com/48Jni7Xgxe
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) April 27, 2017
One user challenged him over the comparison to Charles Hamilton’s obnoxious, anti-hero character, replying “you haven’t read much Billy Bunter, have you @Baddiel?”This prompted what one fan dubbed the “greatest Twitter own ever” as the television presenter responded with a photo of a newspaper clipping showing himself as a young boy surrounded by annuals in which the character appears.
@RonWordwelder No. And I don't want to vote for him. Boris saying cunty stuff like that just *makes* me want to. Hope that's cleared that up.
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) April 27, 2017
Baddiel later clarified that he does not want to vote for Mr Corbyn but “Boris saying c**** stuff like that just *makes* me want to”.