This photograph from the site of the twenty-sixth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26). ↓
On Monday (November 1), 95-year-old David Attenborough sat next to Boris Johnson wearing a mask. However, the Prime Minister did not wear a mask and seemed to have taken a nap at one point. ”
This is the image of the British leader at the climate change conference reported by the British newspaper "The Guardian". The British media said with a slight irony that on stage, in front of 120 world leaders, the contrast between the above two people is very clear:
The grim look of the famous British naturalist David Attenborough said at the climate conference in Glasgow that there was "hope in despair" that we might still be able to avoid catastrophe. "This is the most memorable sentence of the week," the report said, and U.S. President Joe Biden and others also stood up to applaud him.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tried to take the same serious approach, and there were some serious moments in his speech, such as his reference to responsibility to future generations. "But in general", the report continues, and while the world is focused on the most pressing issues of our time, the prime minister seems to rely on the many jokes and antics that have "benefited" him in the past, but his witty remarks seem to be at odds with this serious field of qualification...
Speaking of Johnson's unsatisfactory and even helpless performance, the British media began to be poignantly sarcastic:
He first likened the climate crisis to james bond, the protagonist of the 007 series of movies, wrestling with a ticking bomb, "The bell of doom is a minute away from midnight, and we must act." Johnson said.
However, this "humor" was met with a "ruthless cold field", and the Guardian bluntly satirized that Johnson paused to wait for the audience to respond with laughter, and embarrassingly, the laughter "never appeared".
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"Off the field, how do other countries view a British leader who was once skeptical of the climate emergency?" The Guardian asked.
According to the Spanish newspaper El País, his efforts to emphasize the importance of the meeting were undermined by a familiar quality: "He wanted to be 'cautiously optimistic', but inevitably fell into his usual rhetoric." ”
Bass Eckerhout, a member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands, commented directly: "People think he's a bit of a clown. Obviously, it was his style, though it was also what people are used to now. But some jokes are only for (their) domestic audiences. ”
"The French media is not impressed with this either." At this time, the report said, it was also a fierce dispute between Britain and France over fishing, and the French newspaper Viewpoint said that Johnson was addicted to his "usual humorous jokes". We opened our eyes and saw Johnson smirking; his face was reminiscent of a dad who was telling his favorite joke. ”
Germany's Der Spiegel magazine sarcastically said, "Johnson did well when it came to using comical metaphors to emphasize the message he was trying to convey."
After a round of ridicule, the Guardian finally attacked Johnson for his inconsistent words and deeds.
He insisted that global warming posed a threat to humanity's survival, "however, doubts remain about Johnson's sincerity," the report said. In response to the fact that he took a charter flight back to and from business without taking just four and a half hours on the train from Glasgow, the host city, to London, 10 Downing Street was that this was not possible due to "time constraints".
"How other countries view Boris Johnson's performance on cop26: 'Like a clown'" — the Guardian headline said.
Screenshot of the Guardian report
(Original title: No one laughs when you don't wear a mask, snooze, shake your baggage awkwardly... British media take stock of how the European media satirizes the British prime minister at the climate conference)
Source: World Wide Web
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