A Boris classic

There was classic evidence that Boris is a jewel in the pantheon of British characters on last night's ITN News at Ten. He was interviewed at length about the Lisbon Treaty referendum by Tom Bradby outside the Manchester conference centre. There were a lot of wordy answers from Boris, who was obviously having to perform quite terrifying intellectual gymnastics. ....Trying to prove that he was not out of line with David Cameron previously when in fact he seemed to be.

After the interview was over but the camera was still rolling (words which may send a shiver down most politicians' spines) Boris became very candid and said to Bradby with some exasperation (and I remembering these words from last night because I cannot find video of the encounter): "I'm not sure I got this bloody referendum thing right. The trouble is there is nothing you can actually say about it"