Nigel Farage defends Boris Johnson calling gay men 'bum boys' saying it's part of his 'brand' [View all]
New European
PUBLISHED: 13:45 03 December 2019 | UPDATED: 13:45 03 December 2019
By Matthew Nixon
Nigel Farage has defended homophobic, racist, sexist and Islamophobic comments made by Boris Johnson in a radio interview on BBC 5 Live. He excused the comments repeatedly made by Boris Johnson in the 1990s and early 2000s when the prime minister was working as a journalist.
...Nigel Farage has defended the bigoted comments by describing Boris Johnson as a "very outspoken journalist", adding that the use of terms like 'tank-topped bum boys' is simply part of the "Boris brand".
...Host Nicky Campbell pressed Farage on the comments further, asking: "Is the phrase piccaninnies referring to people of colour acceptable or not?"
"It's not, but as I say that is Boris. He earns his living [sic] being a controversial journalist. I may not approve of all of it but I also think that if we start to go down the road of people saying this or that is unacceptable, if we want to bar him from public life, then we might finish up with nobody in public life at all."
https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/nigel-farage-defends-boris-johnson-calling-gay-men-bum-boys-and-people-of-colour-piccaninnies-1-6406771
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