I noticed that Sadiq Khan's response was to commend London's glorious multiculturalismbasically confirming the accuracy of Cleese's fairly obvious observation. the difference between Cleese and millennials perpetually on the look out for things to get offended by, is that he's old enough to remember a time when London was more homogeneous, and probably acutely feels the difference when he travels there. It's not like he said 'london's full of fucking wogs'.
I've said the same thing when asked to describe London. It doesn't feel like an English city in the way that Sheffield or Manchester do. You hear every tongue from around the world when you get on a bus there, and we'd joke how hard it was to find somebody born in London for our shared flats. I described it somewhat more sensitively as an international city, but I meant the same thing. Not sure why I'm defending him. Perhaps I've got a soft spot for the old bugger
(I've said the same thing when asked to describe London. It doesn't feel like an English city in the way that Sheffield or Manchester do. You hear every tongue from around the world when you get on a bus there, and we'd joke how hard it was to find somebody born in London for our shared flats. I described it somewhat more sensitively as an international city, but I meant the same thing. Not sure why I'm defending him. Perhaps I've got a soft spot for the old bugger
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