A curious anomaly.
Back in 2014, the Western Independent blog did some investigations into the Body Mass Index of then Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. And based on assorted sources concluded he was 5'9" tall. And it has to be said, on a wide reading of sources, I would conclude he was indeed between 5'8" and 5'9".
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Imagine my surprise then, when reading a Telegraph article (now suddenly behind firewall) on our chubby PM, to discover the claim that he is 5'10".
Now I know that Mr Johnson doesn't do much work. So maybe from a lot of lying down he has gained some height? It's a scientific fact that people shrink while standing up but then grow slightly when sleeping or hanging from a zip wire. But a whole inch in his mid-50s seems a tad unusual. So there are two possibilities. Either the Telegraph or Mr Johnson has decided to nudge his height up, or..... he has been regraded by an algorithm.
Investigations have now revealed that this is exactly what has happened. A review of heights by school attended have now shown the following, "normalised", heights for politicians and famous people.
| Famous Person | School Attended | New height |
| Boris Johnson | Eton | 5'9" |
| Adele | The Brit School | 5'6" |
| Richard Osman | Warden Park, Cuckfield | 5'4" |
| David Cameron | Eton | 7'4" |
| Theresa May | St. Juliana's Convent School for Girls | 6'9" |
| Peter Crouch | Drayton Manor School | 5'1" |
| Priti Patel | Watford Grammar School | 5'4" |
| Davina McCall | St Catherine's School, Bramley | 8'6" |
As a result of this discovery, the Government has already made a U-Turn. The chair of the body that supervises celebrity heights and weights, OfScale, has resigned. And Gavin Williamson has now said in future all celebrities will be 6'6".
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Maybe an attempt to massage his BMI having found he is underheight rather than overweight??
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