Big Badass Boris.

Britain’s resident Trump impersonator, Boris Johnson, landed himself in a spot of bother recently by calling for a ban on the burka because, he says, they make the wearer look like a bank robber. Not surprisingly, many people are calling for his head over what is rightly seen as blatant Islamophobia, probably xenophobia, and arguably covert racism. And not wanting the Conservative Party to be seen as non-politically correct, even some of his senior colleagues want formal action to be taken against him.

I think that would be a mistake. Boris Johnson is generally viewed as a childish and silly little man who only got his high powered position in the cabinet because he judicially sided with the right side when it was appropriate to do so. His crass remark is entirely typical of a man of his calibre and really should come as no surprise. Accordingly, I believe he should simply be held up to ridicule where he belongs, not elevated to the status of martyr in the eyes of the Little Englander bigots and right wing thugs. Why should we feed the small-minded interests of the Brainless Ones when all we have to do is laugh at him?