Boris Johnson

The always colorful and controversial Boris Johnson is embroiled in controversy. Earlier this week, he had to sack an aide who said immigrants unhappy with Johnson’s political ascension could go home. (The irony, of course, being that the aide is himself from Australia.) Now we learn Johnson is the subject of a police investigation for possession of a red leather cigar case belonging to Iraq’s former Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz. Johnson took the case when visiting the war-torn country back in 2003 as a journalist. He alleges that he stumbled upon it in the rubble that was Aziz’s estate. Perhaps the oddest aspect of news reports is that Aziz has rushed to Johnson’s defense:

Recommended Stories

How the Left cheapened human dignity

Outgoing Newsom calls for more tax breaks for Hollywood billionaires

Supreme Court appears poised to hand Colorado major loss in religious preschool case