Diolch:

> I thought people who dislike Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson
> called him Bozo, like the clown?

That's half the problem: that particular "class clown" (the term used in another thread, by a teacher who recognises the syndrome) has been using the joke persona as a diversion since he was in school. I refuse to use either B word, on the grounds that doing so makes him sound harmlessly cuddly. He's not harmless.

I'd better stop there before my keyboard catches fire.