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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBoris Johnson may take over for Teresa May
Isn't he the one who looks like he could be Trump's twin?
no_hypocrisy
(46,088 posts)Maine-i-acs
(1,499 posts)to foist Brexit on the shoulders of ginned up anti-immigrant rhetoric
facebook, fake news, etc
sound familiar?
Andy823
(11,495 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)triron
(21,999 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,370 posts)He once had the fiscally conservative-socially liberal reputation that may or may not have been earned. What is certain is he is a racist.
In a column published in the Daily Telegraph six years ago, Johnson mocked Tony Blair's globetrotting: "What a relief it must be for Blair to get out of England. It is said that the Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag-waving piccaninnies," he wrote. It also mentioned "watermelon smiles".
He has also made light of Obamas African heritage saying the fact he is part Kenyan means he has antipathy for the UK over colonialism.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/politics/2008/jan/23/london.race