Another week, another session of PMQs where Boris Johnson was left floundering for words, let alone answers, after the government's handling of coronavirus came under further scrutiny.
This week Boris Johnson caused uproar when he suggested that care homes in the UK were responsible for the spread of Covid-19 throughout the country and largely contributing to the death toll which has now surpassed 44,000.
Speaking to the press in Goole, Yorkshire on Monday, Johnson said:
We discovered too many care homes didn’t really follow the procedures in the way that they could have but we’re learning lessons the whole time. Most important is to fund them properly... but we will also be looking at ways to make sure the care sector long term is properly organised and supported.
Eager to question the prime minister on this, a much more visibly angry Starmer took Johnson to task. The Labour leader said that Johnson's comments were 'insulting' and 'flippant' and twice asked him to apologise. Unsurprisingly the PM did not.
Keir Starmer - Will the Prime Minister like to apologise for saying "too many care homes didn't really follow the p… https://t.co/UKmtkMeQil— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺) 1594207012
As both men became more and more agitated at the other's persistence, Johnson resorted to aiming an insult at Starmer and his forensic questioning. The PM said:
He keeps saying that I blamed or try to blame care workers and that is simply not the case.
The reality is that we now know things about the way coronavirus is passed from person to person without symptoms that we just didn't know.
Perhaps Captain Hindsight would like to tell us whether he knew that it was being transmitted asymptomatically.
LOLS. Good one Boris. Did Dominic Cummings tell you to use a South Park reference from 10 years ago or did you catch the repeat on Comedy Central?
Yes, Captain Hindsight is a reference from a 2010 episode of the long-running animated show, named 'Coon 2: Hindsight' (it's South Park, don't ask) where a journalist gains increased powers of hindsight, thanks to a an experimental machine and a 'retroactive spider.'
As it turns out Captain Hindsight isn't actually that helpful which might have been what Boris Johnson was getting at when he made the jibe but we sincerely doubt that he actually had any idea that he was making a reference to South Park at all and this is just some bizarre coincidence.
Regardless many picked up on the South Park gag while others thought his description of Starmer wasn't actually that bad at all.
Boris Johnson just called Keir Starmer "Captain Hindsight", which I guess means he's a South Park fan https://t.co/badJAZ7lXn— John Ashmore (@John Ashmore) 1594206644
If you’re impressed by the Captain Hindsight jab then you’re probably the kind of person who is impressed by Boris… https://t.co/ri6dV02Zfq— Rory MacGregor Kirkwood (@Rory MacGregor Kirkwood) 1594210839
Maybe if @BorisJohnson bothered to attend those Sage meetings he didn’t regard as important enough, or had the humi… https://t.co/MlESLYYsu5— Kate Wilton (@Kate Wilton) 1594208527
Imagine having almost 200 deaths a day still, blaming care workers and then calling the leader of the opposition 'c… https://t.co/w06bxveiXD— Matty 🏳️🌈 (@Matty 🏳️🌈) 1594207367
Hopefully calling Keir Starmer Captain Hindsight will distract everyone from the fact that we knew about asymptomat… https://t.co/xF9G2ehEZg— Parody Boris Johnson (@Parody Boris Johnson) 1594208180
So “Captain Hindsight” was right after all? #PMQs https://t.co/MKvjOMAE78— Pippa Crerar (@Pippa Crerar) 1594207523
If Keir Starmer is Captain Hindsight does that make Boris Johnson General Oversight? #PMQs— Ian Hyland (@Ian Hyland) 1594212306
@piersmorgan Captain Hindsight vs Captain Eyesight. #PMQs https://t.co/IfkhohgXBO— Scott Alder (@Scott Alder) 1594206744
We can only hope that the superhero references continue in future editions of PMQs.
Here's a few other suggestions for the MPs to use: General Oversight, Peter Pandemic, Captain Cabinet, Budget Boy.