Boris Johnson, the man recently chosen to serve as Britain’s new Prime Minister, is known for sticking his foot in his mouth and making sexist, racist and homophobic comments, according to Business Insider.
In a 1998 Telegraph column, he referred to some gay men as “tank-topped bumboys;” in a 2000 column in The Spectator, Johnson called “the teaching of homosexuality in schools” an “appalling agenda;” and in his 2001 book Friends, Voters, Countrymen, he compared same-sex marriage to beastiality stating:
“If gay marriage was OK – and I was uncertain on the issue – then I saw no reason in principle why a union should not be consecrated between three men, as well as two men, or indeed three men and a dog.”
He also called attempts for expanded gay civil rights “a spoof.”
In his other columns, he referred to black people as “picaninnies” with “watermelon smiles,” and said that it’s natural for people to be Islamophobes, writing, “Islam is the problem.” He has since written off all of these statements as “satire.”
So how the heck did Johnson become Prime Minister? After former Prime Minister Theresa May resigned, partly because she couldn’t figure out how to orchestrate Brexit (Britain’s exit from the European Union chosen by voters in 2016), Johnson then won the vote of his Conservative Party to succeed May. Previous to this, Johnson had twice served as mayor of London.
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Undaunted by the administrative nightmare of getting Britain out of the EU, Johnson has promised that Brexit will be complete by Halloween. He was one of the key supporters of Brexit during the 2016 campaign and has indicated that he’ll remove Britain from the EU even if there’s “no deal” on how to do it. Thus far, Parliament has held non-binding votes against a no-deal Brexit with opposition to it growing, according to The New York Times.
Naturally, Trump is a fan of Johnson, but it remains to be seen whether Johnson’s ignorant statements will affect his ability to lead his country.
Dale
He looks like tRump with his hair down.
darkanser
It’s funny how outrageous both are and how BAD both hairdoozies are!!
TN-George
So he’s basically Britain’s version of Donald Trump. What’s his slogan going to be, make Britain brexit again
Kieran
@TH-George Provide quotes where President Trump[ made any homophobic statements. Show us where Trump made homophobic jokes like Alex Baldwin Joy Reid and Chelsea Handler have. Put up or shut up.
Cam
@Kieran
You mean OTHER than his statement that he would appoint Judges to undo those horrible gay rights decisions? Other than that? Other than literally stating that the judges he was going to appoint would undo LGBT rights?
Was that what you were looking for? Ohhhhh, right, you’re just another account trolling for bigots and was hoping that nobody would respond.
So now that an anti-LGBTQ comment from Trump was identified isn’t it about time for you to come back and either attack me, change the topic, or start screaming about Hillary?
jsmu
@’Kieran’ You’re such an impotent excuse for a trollette, honey. Haven’t noticed dRUMPf’s new ‘natural law’ commission, convened entirely to trash, discriminate against, and deny LGBTs basic human rights?
What a pathetic little loser and self-hating beeyotch you are.
charlieeod74
@Kieran, you must be a trump troll or are you naturally this stupid?
RIGay
Another pile of crap has risen to it’s level of incompetence.
john.k
Just to be pedantic – he is not Prime Minister yet. It is probable that he will be but first the Queen has to ask him to form a government and then he has to be approved by the House of Commons. it’s not likely but he could fail to get a majority in the Commons. We’ll know tomorrow.
OzJosh
Would you like to point to an instance where the Queen has not simply rubber-stamped an appointment?! The notion that she – or the idea of a constitutional monarchy – serves any practical purpose is beyond ridiculous. The current Queen has smilingly greeted all manner of demagogues, dictators and low-lifes (Trump included) with no hint of objection (excepting, occasionally, the tiniest sly comment in her choice of clothing or jewellery!). So it’s not like she’s going to suddenly develop some kind of social/political conscience and intervene!
john.k
I never imagined, Oz, that the Queen would not call on him to form a government. What I was thinking was that there are enough Tory MPs who thoroughly dislike Johnson and maybe one or two might not vote to approve his government. The Tory/DUP majority is wafer thin.
BTW the Queen’s representative in Australia, the Governor-General, sacked Prime Minister Gough Whitlam back in the 1970s.
Mr C
Good Luck Britain
jsmu
@’Kieran’ You’re such an impotent excuse for a trollette, honey. Haven’t noticed dRUMPf’s new ‘natural law’ commission, convened entirely to trash, discriminate against, and deny LGBTs basic human rights?
What a pathetic little loser and self-hating beeyotch you are.
Bubbleandsqueal
All of which leads us to speculate how trembling young blonde Boris got bummed by the upper class boys at Eton.
Celtic
@Kieran: I suggest, even urge, that you review how many “pastors” Trump has aligned himself with who promote “extermination of gays”. I also suggest you stop watching FOX Super Lies News. Then, do yourself and the rest of us a favor: Learn before you speak. Learn how many anti-LGBTQ have been enacted or promoted by the Trump administration. Then, come back and talk to us.
nm4047
the Brits loved it when Trump took them off the top of the laughing stock list for their Brexit result, but now they clawed their way back to the top. Don’t imagine he’ll be there long, a general election will be held, Corbin will be dumped, Liz will finally turn the toes up and Chuck will take the crown only to be out done by the US electing Trump for a second term (if only he could do a Xi Jinping and be appointed for life) but wait, Pence will then be VP, there goes his reason for take the job in the first place. Who needs reality TV? Just watch the US & UK today.
broadshoulder
I wonder how these smug Americans would deal with the Brexit situation – they’d probably bomb European HQ in Brussels
Kangol2
Boris Johnson is a rich, lying, incompetent twit. He was a complete mess as Theresa May’s first Foreign Secretary, with gaffes aplenty, and he seems convinced he’s going to get a better Brexit deal as if his toxic charm were all it took, but it could all blow up in his face. In addition to his homophobia, he’s a sexist and has made…surprise, surprise…blatantly racist comments. That man is a walking debacle, as the photo above makes clear.
gothvixen
Don’t make the mistake of thinking he’s an idiot; the difference between him & Trump is that Boris is highly intelligent. The bumbling buffoon image was carefully contrived in order to secure the position he has now. He will do his best to ensure those who back him profit, or at least don’t suffer, from any legislation that passes whilst he is in office. He’s a dangerous schemer with far-right views, we’re just lucky that he can’t make executive orders, which are one of the craziest parts of the American system.