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Boris Johnson On Germany: Sex In Parks, Smoking Girls And A Functioning Economy

What Can We Learn From The Germans?
The Huffington Post UK
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London Mayor Boris Johnson launches his 2020 Vision for London at City Hall, London.
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"We have nothing to fear from Germany."

So says Boris Johnson who just happens to be on holiday there while writing his Telegraph column.

The Mayor of London argues the days of being constantly on edge fearing a goose-stepping genocidal army marching from Berlin are over.

Things have moved on, Germany has changed.

So what influences does Boris want us to adapt...

Boris On Germany
Foot-high glasses of cold lager(01 of08)
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Because one thing British culture is lacking is beer... (credit:Alamy)
Germans frolicking in the delicious fresh water of the Wannsee(02 of08)
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He has a point here. You don't see people "frolicking" in the Thames, only floundering. (credit:Alamy)
Meticulously organised picnics(03 of08)
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Does a picnic have to be organised "meticulously"? Sounds like a euphemism for regimentally dull. (credit:Alamy)
German girls smoking roll-ups(04 of08)
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Really? (credit:Alamy)
Ancient German men, nut-brown(05 of08)
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No thanks Boris. (credit:Alamy)
A Functioning Economy(06 of08)
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Now he's talking, we could quite happily swap George Osborne for Dr Wolfgang Schauble. (credit:PA)
Berliners fornicating in their many magnificent parks(07 of08)
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This has its plusses and its minuses, mainly its great for the people doing it but a bit of a nightmare for everyone else forced to watch/listen.Boris also points out the German system of means-tested fine so " if you are caught in flagrante in the bushes, and you have a job, you get fined 150 euros — but only 34 euros if you are unemployed".Brilliant. (credit:Alamy)
The rents are cheap(08 of08)
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Yes please (credit:Alamy)
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