Boris ah um err ah uh

I kept shouting “Answer the question!”

I find the majority of them hard to listen too TBH.

I like Dead ringers where he hrumphs and grumphs and "Bad Boris" suddenly emerges.

It can be hard going listening to Boris when he is in err ah mode.

Why is it only Boris singled out here? They all do it. I also find many of them very difficult to listen to.

I'm surprised at those who find stammering or stuttering a joke or show impatience with a person whose speech is hesitant for whatever reason.

I agree Gwyneth and 99% of the time regardless of who it is I find myself shouting that at the tv too Parsley.

He doesn't have a stammer. He is a supposedly educated man who is in a leadership role and is perfectly capable of speaking clearly when what he is going to say is written down for him. I think a lot of his err ah mode (thank you AGAA4) is a combination of an irritating mannerism and a realisation that he doesn't actually know the answer to the question he has been asked. Most of the questions cannot be a big surprise, so perhaps he should spend a bit more time on preparation for PMQs and press conferences.

I shall now put on my tin hat and retire behind the sofa.

Who else do you think speaks in the same way?

Matt Hancock!

This kind of stuttering isn't a condition. It is used to give thinking time when they are asked a question they don't want to answer. All politicians do it.

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Who else does it ? All of them because they don’t friggin know the answers !

Mr Speaker told Johnson that

“Sometimes he really ought to try to answer the question”

Gavin Williamson is another diabolical (you know, erm) speaker. I find him hard to take seriously.