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The former British Prime Minister resumed his candidacy amid the failure of his medication to help him lose weight, which he reports in his column for the Chron.
MEDIA – Fun number from former British Prime Minister. The Chron’s new columnist, Boris Johnson, surprised a number of readers and observers with the subject of his first-ever column in the columns of Britain’s second largest daily.
Not the slightest hint of politics in this first issue from the man who was a correspondent for the Times and Daily Telegraph earlier in his career.
Soberly captioned, “The miracle cure I was hoping would stop my 11:30pm fridge raids after cheddar and chorizo didn’t work for me.” But I still believe it saved the life of could change millions of people,” this column surprises.
Especially since this weekly collaboration between the populist conservative daily and the former tenant of 10 Downing Street has been sold as ‘must read’.
An appetite suppressant drug test
In this first article, published on Friday, June 16, “BoJo” shares his experience with Semaglutide (better known as Ozempic), a drug originally developed for diabetes but used primarily as an appetite suppressant to – stars- to facilitate digestion lose weight effortlessly.
“It’s child’s play,” said the doctor. All you have to do is squirt a small dose of Ozempic liquid into your belly once a week and you’re done rummaging through the fridge at 11:30pm for cheddar and chorizo with half a bottle of wine ‘ he says of his appointment with a doctor to try to lose weight and become, in his own words, ‘an ex-foodie’.
That being said, the drug experience didn’t really go as planned for Boris Johnson. Testimonial of support: “I was supposed to be losing four or five pounds a week – maybe even more – when suddenly everything went wrong.” I don’t know exactly why, maybe it had something to do with the fact that I was constantly flying around the world and the time zones changed, but I started to fear the injections because they made me sick.”
Although the experiment was not fruitful for the former Prime Minister, he continues to praise the virtues of the drug, which he says could help tackle the UK’s ‘horrific’ obesity crisis. “Maybe it can help me and everyone else one day,” he hopes next.
“Medicines will initially cost something, but those who can afford them should pay; and think of the savings the NHS (UK’s public health system) has made on diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease,” he adds, before announcing his return “to play and want sport”, in order not to open the fridge in the middle of the night, for lack of convincing results.
Competition for Adrian Chiles
This article caused quite a stir on the other side of the English Channel. Before being quickly compared to the chronicles of a certain Adrian Chiles, a British writer, TV and radio presenter also known for his zany columns in the Guardian.
Achievements by this UK celebrity include titles such as ‘A few words of wisdom stopped me from eating like a farm animal’ or ‘I’d love to laugh like a baby again, but the best I can hope for is a big “sneeze”.
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“Honestly, Adrian Chiles has nothing to worry about,” quipped a BBC journalist.
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“A strong Adrian Chiles-like energy to get things going,” added one netizen, while another opined that “Adrian Chiles is as superior as a columnist as he would be as prime minister.”
Others were far more critical of the politician, saying the comparison to Adrian Chiles was primarily for his work. “Chiles is an ordinary, well-meaning guy” who “does not portray himself as an intrepid iconoclast,” this netizen writes, finally adding that Adrian Chiles “never oversaw the corruption of billions of pounds and thousands of deaths.” A final criticism that relates directly to the management of the Covid crisis by Boris Johnson and his government.
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This first Chronicle will at least have the benefit of serving as a warning: we should no longer be surprised by future Bojo Chronicles.
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