{"id":1543548,"date":"2022-07-07T18:19:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T22:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1543548"},"modified":"2022-07-07T18:19:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T22:19:31","slug":"boris-johnson-loyalists-get-spammed-with-benny-hill-music-one-hollywood-actor-is-behind-the-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boris-johnson-loyalists-get-spammed-with-benny-hill-music-one-hollywood-actor-is-behind-the-stunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Johnson Loyalists Get Spammed With \u2018Benny Hill\u2019 Music \u2014 One Hollywood Actor Is Behind The Stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fboris-johnson-loyalists-get-spammed-with-benny-hill-music-one-hollywood-actor-is-behind-the-stunt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1543548&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Anti-Brexit activist Steve Bray trolled outgoing Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-boris-johnson-resigns-as-great-britains-prime-minister\/\">Boris Johnson<\/a> and his allies in Parliament by playing the theme music from \u201cThe Benny Hill Show\u201d over their live interviews \u2014 a move that appears to have been prompted by actor Hugh Grant.<\/p>\n<p>Following news that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/bojo-drama-boris-johnson-survived-no-confidence-vote-but-now-his-cabinet-could-be-falling-apart\/\">Johnson<\/a> planned to resign \u2014 which he later did \u2014 and the resignations of dozens in his cabinet, Johnson ally and MP Chris Philp attempted to evaluate the situation during an interview with Sky News. Bray, who is known for his unconventional musical protests outside the House of Commons, blasted the theme song over Philp\u2019s interview.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">INCREDIBLE SCENES<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTHE BENNY HILL THEME TUNE\u201d IS BEING BLASTED OUT ON SKY NEWS. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N06wBwcoZl\">pic.twitter.com\/N06wBwcoZl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Bryan (@scottygb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scottygb\/status\/1544993157745721344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steve Hilton, host of Fox News Channel\u2019s \u201cThe Next Revolution,\u201d thought the idea was spectacular \u2014 and suggested that someone play the same tune outside future events for President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefinitely think we need the Benny Hill theme tune played outside all Biden admin. events. Especially anything involving Janet Yellen, @KennedyNation?\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Definitely think we need the Benny Hill theme tune played outside all Biden admin. events. Especially anything involving Janet Yellen, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KennedyNation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KennedyNation<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OcFEI8ZL2S\">https:\/\/t.co\/OcFEI8ZL2S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 steve hilton (@SteveHiltonx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveHiltonx\/status\/1545076270437806080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daily Telegraph Associate Editor Christopher Hope added, \u201cThis interview with its Benny Hill theme is so politically damaging. The Tories are a laughing stock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This interview with its Benny Hill theme is so politically damaging. The Tories are a laughing stock. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2d1XtgQMJL\">https:\/\/t.co\/2d1XtgQMJL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher Hope\ud83d\udcdd (@christopherhope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/christopherhope\/status\/1545071951110176768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTHE \u2018BENNY HILL THEME TUNE\u2019 HAS A NAME AND IT IS \u2018YAKETY SAX.\u2019 I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL,\u201d Maggie Serota <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maggieserota\/status\/1545045265500868614\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany things making my day today but I can\u2019t stop enjoying Steve Bray pumping out the Benny Hill theme off his portable speakers during interviews,\u201d Daniel Pemberton <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DANIELPEMBERTON\/status\/1545032451399028737\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Benny Hill music playing over Tory MPs doing interview on College Green is 100% on point,\u201d Ian Dunt commented.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Benny Hill music playing over Tory MPs doing interviews on College Green is 100% on point.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IanDunt\/status\/1544991356635996165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The inspiration behind Bray\u2019s stunt appears to have come from an actor who once played Britain\u2019s Prime Minister in a the film \u201cLove, Actually\u201d: Hugh Grant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMorning @snb19692\u00a0Glad you have your speakers back. Do you by any chance have the Benny Hill music to hand?\u201d the actor tweeted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Morning <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/snb19692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@snb19692<\/a> Glad you have your speakers back. Do you by any chance have the Benny Hill music to hand?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hugh Grant (@HackedOffHugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HackedOffHugh\/status\/1544953409845043201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Writer Lauren Ingram <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laureningram\/status\/1545153727966879745\">tweeted<\/a> in response, \u201cHugh Grant was behind the Benny Hill theme tune being played on College Green while everyone tried to report on Boris\u2019 resignation. Incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aina J. Khan noted that the music was still playing when Johnson officially declared his resignation. \u201cNo wonder this was still blaring out loud when Boris Johnson was giving his resignation speech. Worthy of a political comedy starring @HackedOffHugh\u00a0and\u00a0@snb19692\u00a0methinks,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Daily Mail columnist Meghan McCain asked the question that may have been top of mind for a lot of \u201cLove, Actually\u201d fans: \u201cWhen do they make Hugh Grant prime minister?\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When do they make Hugh Grant prime minister?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeghanMcCain\/status\/1545019174438813699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2022<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-Brexit activist Steve Bray trolled outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his allies in Parliament by playing the theme music from \u201cThe Benny Hill Show\u201d over their live interviews \u2014 a move that appears to have been prompted by actor Hugh Grant. Following news that Johnson planned to resign \u2014 which he later did \u2014 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1547054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1543548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1543548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1547054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1543548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1543548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1543548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}