Calling the French “turds” for being intransigent on Brexit is a sign of Johnson’s vulgarity and stupidity. Everything that Johnson has ever said about the world is jokey, insensitive, stupid and needlessly provocative. Johnson, who once referred to Africa as “that country”, would agree with Palmerston that colonialism is a jolly good thing. “Boris is Boris,” they chortle. / On the road to Mandalay …” Yes, our foreign secretary really did think referencing that poem was appropriate.

Source: The Guardian June 28, 2019 16:35 UTC