Gaffes and glory: Boris Johnson abroad - BBC News

Boris Johnson has been appointed Foreign Secretary in new Prime Minister Theresa May's first cabinet. During his time as Mayor of London Mr Johnson became accustomed to taking to the world stage. Karl Mercer looks back at his record flying the flag for Britain abroad.

[dbsirius]

He has that "just woke up" look all the time.

[RPKGameVids]

0:17 I think that is the longest handshake I have ever witnessed.

[patrickmccutcheon]

I miss the scene in Myanmar where he started reciting Kipling’s Road to Mandalay and where he knocked over a Japanese school boy.

[JasonGafar]

I don't like all of his views, but this man is unintentionally funny. Hahaha. I love this guy.

[stucrawford]

The UK pays him to represent us around the world LOL
He, s like a character from Monty python, but we still happy to pay him.

[Greenpoloboy]

Leave it to Boris to sort everything out. His cool.

[statuspoint]

boris is that character in a game which you can buy at any time.

[curtisdale]

Gaffes, moptop, and all, you can't help but love him. His excuse for his remarks about Hillary were funnier than the snipe itself.

[JasmineSurrealVideos]

The description of Hillary though sounds like him😆

I do love his description of corduroy jacketed academica liberals, basically as it's truth and truth can be devastatingly funny.

[karaloca]

He described her as Nurse Ratchet. He’s not too far off really.

[machanjajoseph]

Let's hope for good as we pray for her

[bringiton]

Hillary is a natural repellent of any form of public accountabilty and moral honesty. YOU GO BORIS !

[Realroyrogers]

He will be very popular in America as will as Westminster

[seeksvengeance]

“Nobody sees anybody truly but all through the flaws of their own egos. That is the way we all see ...each other in life. Vanity, fear, desire, competition-- all such distortions within our own egos-- condition our vision of those in relation to us. Add to those distortions to our own egos the corresponding distortions in the egos of others, and you see how cloudy the glass must become through which we look at each other. That's how it is in all living relationships except when there is that rare case of two people who love intensely enough to burn through all those layers of opacity and see each other's naked hearts.” Tennessee Williams.

[avenger]

Hey BBC what's up with the smear campaign?

[nigels]

Great stuff Boris. We are all tired of the status quo. Time for gaffes and Brexit 👌

[dloverise]

Is it me, or have people noticed a substantial rise in anti-intellectual sentiment?

[pauliejay]

0:11 - He's drinking from the finger bowl again, isn't he...

[loungejay]

What he said about a proposed boycott of Israeli goods was no gaff, he was right to say what he did.

[pincopalino]

The voice of england in the world? - Christ, how the mighty are fallen.