Mr. Cameron ridiculed as “one for the birds” an idea Mr. Johnson had embraced of using a vote to leave as leverage for a second negotiation with Brussels.

"In a sign that a Tory truce on Europe is under severe strain before the official campaigning has even begun, the prime minister infuriated anti-EU campaigners by describing Johnson's idea of a second vote as undemocratic and one 'for the birds'," says the Guardian.

August 3, 2010, 3:21 pm One for the Birds This weekend’s Complaint Box column addressed the winged menace that is the New York City pigeon.

This particular Dante's Inferno is a nightclub; the owner is played by Howard Duff, and the title of the first episode is One for the Birds.

To those who enjoyed the privilege, the business was therefore a profitable one, for the birds fed largely at other people's expense.