Following Boris Johnson’s resignation speech, body language expert Darren Stanton analyses his appearance outside number 10 and how the Prime Minister showed ‘no emotion’ while addressing the public.
Darren, on behalf of Slingo, reveals Boris’ attempt to present himself as ‘stoic and solemn’ as he showed a different side to his character, but verbally reinforced resigning wasn’t a move he wanted to make.
Darren said: “Boris was far less animated in his body language - instead presenting himself as stoic and still. Generally with Boris we see this very larger-than-life character, who tries to present with humour and plenty of animation. What we saw today, however, was a much more dignified version of Boris. It’s a great shame that this is the first time we have seen this version of him, delivering his sentiment with an almost solemn delivery.
