\'Common touch is an illusion \' Sir Terry Wogan (2013) - BBC News

Sir Terry Wogan claimed (in 2013) the common touch phrase was a derogatory term, as he remembered the words of the former Irish president Éamon de Valera, and described Boris Johnson as the "common toff". He debated the common touch - and who has it - as Catholics celebrated a new pope and Anglicans welcomed a new Archbishop of Canterbury, with Andrew Neil, Alan Johnson and Michael Portillo.<br /><br />Subscribe to BBC News HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog<br />Check out our website: <br />Facebook: <br />Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bbcworld<br />Instagram: http://instagram.com/bbcnews