His Press Secretary later insisted he has a “strong record” on women's rights. We've followed her pointing finger to some of the things Boris Johnson has said about women... and it's fair to say, they're not all as rosy as she might suggest. When he called women 'fickle totty'Boris Johnson swooned over the "totty" at Labour's 1996 conference during his time as a journalist - in an article later unearthed by Business Insider. When he mocked 'girly swots'Boris Johnson called David Cameron a 'girly swot' in leaked cabinet papers in 2019. The comment was directed at a man but mocking women when he made it during a legal row over proroguing parliament.

Source: Daily Mirror March 17, 2021 15:44 UTC