From what I understand Boris is a big proponent of almost open immigration, is of Turkish decent, and seems a bit....off.
Not that this would lead to that conclusion, but I hope the PM knows what she is doing. Thanks to Labour, the Lib Dims, and the SNP being complete jokes, the Tories have lots of room for error.
Immigration is under the control of the Home Secretary so whatever Johnson’s views on that truly are is of limited importance. And I think it’s overstating his position that he supports open immigration - he supports controlled immigration at a reasonably high level - basically he’d like to see Britain bring in a lot of highly qualified people who will fit in, not open borders for all.
Boris Johnson is also the winner of an President Erdogan offensive poetry contest run by the Spectator UK. This was his entry:
There was a young fellow from Ankara
Who was a terrific wankerer
Till he sowed his wild oats
With the help of a goat
But he didn’t even stop to thankera.
Can’t wait for the first Erdogan/Johnson meeting.
“From what I understand Boris is a big proponent of almost open immigration, is of Turkish decent, and seems a bit....off.”
Actually, he is of a very mixed descent. Born in the U.S., a dual British/U.S. citizen - a mix of Christian, Russian Jew, and on his father’s side from Ali Kemal (who was Turkish-Muslim and very pro-British Empire).
With the above ancestry alone one presumes the job of Foreign Secretary should suit him well in the foreseeable future at least.