When Boris Johnson was asked by TalkRadio yesterday what he did to relax, and he embarked on a confusing ramble about his secret passion: making models of buses and painting them, few thought it was a sign of the former London Mayor’s famed erudition.
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Indeed, many seemed to think that Boris’ strange rant was probably more influenced by a bus driving past the window, some crates of wine left over in the corner, or just the sheer terror of giving a Maybot-esque answer to an easy question.
It appears that some though have begun taking a deeper look at the former Foreign Secretary’s motives. In a blog post today, filled with stats and analysis, the internet company Parallax has suggested instead that Boris may have been pulling off a daring conspiracy.
The company has noted that prior to his model-bus outburst, anyone who put ‘Boris bus’ into Google would be inundated with news stories and tweets about his unwise attempt to reintroduce Routemaster buses to London as Mayor.
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