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On Wednesday evening, Boris Johnson delivered a live speech to school students across the country as they returned to the classroom following the coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking from a library at an East Midlands school, Johnson spoke about the new restrictions that have been put in place to stop the spread of Covid-19 and ease any worries about going back to school.
The speech was nothing particularly special although he did call the debacle of exam results 'a mutant algorithm' which was interesting. He also questioned if Harry Potter was 'sexist' which seemed completely random and in his estimation it wasn't.
However, the prime minister wasn't the one everyone was talking about but it was whoever had arranged the books behind Johnson.
Eagle-eyed viewers of the speech noticed that many of the books might have been making a very subtle comment on the prime minister and the government. The books arranged on the top shelf directly behind Johnson, from left to right, were as follows:
The Subtle Knife, Fahrenheit 451, Betrayed, The Resistance, The Toll, Crisis Point,Glass Houses, and The Twits.
Some of these titles don't require much reading into but there is Fahrenheit 451, a dystopian novel where books are banned and burnt which thankfully hasn't come to life just yet.
Many of these book titles were soon trending on social media where people were happy to give a big virtual pat on the back to the librarian for a masterful bit of trolling.
Can anyone identify the fifth book along on the top shelf? Because apart from that one, top shelf from left to righ… https://t.co/3aj2FPbHLX— Nicholas Pegg (@Nicholas Pegg) 1598456651
Whole bookshelf looks quite carefully curated...’The Twits’, The Subtle Knife’, ‘Fahrenheit 451’, ‘Betrayal’, ‘Res… https://t.co/PmTxDwY3x3— Steve Pinches (@Steve Pinches) 1598442886
It might be too much to hope that the placement of books like THE SUBTLE KNIFE, BETRAYAL, THE RESISTANCE, and THE T… https://t.co/Y4O7G6h5rx— Sam McQueen (@Sam McQueen) 1598445955
The librarian was having precisely none of this nonsense in their special space. That top shelf: The Subtle Knife,… https://t.co/JFweG8pKH6— Laura With a Coffee Machine (@Laura With a Coffee Machine) 1598452992
The librarian who arranged the bookshelf behind Johnson deserves a medal and a pay rise. Resistance, Betrayed, The… https://t.co/E84qmqxBex— Matthew McGee 🌍🇪🇺🇬🇧🎭🎞📚 (@Matthew McGee 🌍🇪🇺🇬🇧🎭🎞📚) 1598450396
Also on display: Brighton Rock. The Subtle Knife. Fahrenheit 451. Betrayed. Resistance. The Toll. Crisis Point. G… https://t.co/wQTIjCBASi— emerson 🇪🇺 🌈 (@emerson 🇪🇺 🌈) 1598459453
Whoever set up this bookshelf behind Boris deserves a medal. Books include: The Twits, The Subtle Knife, The Resis… https://t.co/2VY3rsWJPR— BremainInSpain (@BremainInSpain) 1598459573
That's a great top shelf... how did no one notice?! The Subtle Knife... Farenheit 451... Betrayal... Resistance...… https://t.co/3DprBHwKRP— Sarah Little (@Sarah Little) 1598452383
Trolling or not, it would have taken one of the great authors to have foreseen the events of the past few months.
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