Fatso vs Fatso

It's always a shock to the system when one finds oneself agreeing with someone you consider to, otherwise, be a colossal turd, but it is an even bigger shock when said colossal turd is Boris 'Fatso' Johnson.  But that is exactly the position I found myself in the other day when reading about 'Fatso' Johnson's set to with Nottingham Forest owner and all round shady Greek Evangelos 'Fatso' Marinakis during a debate about the best way forward for peace in Ukraine.  Marinakis, not surprisingly, argued that appeasement of Putin was in order, suggesting that Ukraine should exchange territory for peace.  His motivation, of course, being a desire to see those pesky economic sanctions against Russia to be lifted so that he can go back to his (allegedly) shady trade dealings with Moscow.  'Fatso' Johnson, to his credit, weighed in, (he couldn't do anything else really, in view of his bulk), rightly pointing out that such an approach didn't work with Nazi Germany, allowing it to annex parts of Czechoslovakia and annex Austria didn't prevent the further aggression which resulted in World War Two.  Of course, the fact that 'Fatso' Johnson is right on this particular issue doesn't mean that he isn't still a charlatan and a shit in any other respect.  But hey, even a stopped clock is right twice a day (if it's analogue, of course, if it is digital then it is just blank, all day).   

Nevertheless, I did find it quite starling that, for once, I found 'Fatso' Johnson the lesser of two evils.  Because 'Fatso' Marinakis is undoubtedly the bigger evil and not just in terms of girth.  OK, I'm biased here as a Spurs supporter, who saw Marinakis throw a tantrum when Tottenham succeeded in triggering Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White's release clause, agreed terms with the player and were on the verge of signing him.  Marinakis effectively reneged on the release clause (despite it being part of the player's contract), blocked Gibbs-White from moving and effectively bullied him into signing a new contract with Forest.  What a scumbag.  He has subsequently sacked Nuno Espirito Santo, Forest's most successful manager since Brian Clough, after a series of disagreements.  Now, I was never keen on Nuno when he was Spurs manager - he was just wrong for the club - but he's always seemed a decent enough guy who, under the right circumstances, can get decent results with limited resources.  He certainly didn't deserved the boot from Marinakis.  An all round scumbag, (quite literally a round scumbag).  But my dislike of 'Fatso' Marinakis goes way beyond football - he has links to the dodgy right-wingers in power in Greece and has been accused of being involved in organised crime, most specifically in large scale international narcotics trade.  I hasten to add that these are only allegations and that no charges have been made (witnesses have a tendency to mysteriously die), but it makes you think.  Say what you like about 'Fatso' Johnson, he might have been accused of adultery, fraud, incompetence, dodgy financial dealings and lying to parliament, but at least he's never been alleged to have trafficked drugs.