Buy that librarian a pint
Boris Johnson gave a speech at a school in the East Midlands on Wednesday, in which he blamed a “mutant algorithm” for “almost derailing” this year’s A-Level results. Because of course, there no prior warnings that it would be a disaster.
Anyway, it appears the librarian at this school is not a fan of Boris Johnson, nor his government’s mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic. Or anything they do, for that matter.
During his speech, which was livestreamed from No.10’s official feed, he was stood in front of a bookshelf, as is the law when going live on the internet now.
The librarian took this opportunity to arrange the books that would be in shot behind him in a way that would subtly mock his government’s ineptitude.
The books displayed in the background include: The Subtle Knife, Fahrenheit 451, Betrayed, The Resistance, The Toll, Crisis Point, Glass Houses, and The Twits.
All pretty self-explanatory.
Can anyone identify the fifth book along on the top shelf? Because apart from that one, top shelf from left to right goes: The Subtle Knife, Fahrenheit 451, Betrayed, The Resistance, The Toll, Crisis Point, Glass Houses, and The Twits. Supreme trolling from the school librarian. pic.twitter.com/z0I2vJValB
— Nicholas Pegg (@NicholasPegg) August 26, 2020
It has also been highlighted that Exodus by Julie Bertagna is also on display. Exodus is set in a dystopian future in which global warming has caused the oceans to rise and the heroes are dispossessed migrants desperately seeking refuge by boat.
Dystopian novelists might have to start thinking of some new ideas.
