Writing in the Telegraph in 2002, Johnson referred to a visit to Africa by the then prime minister Tony Blair.
"What a relief it must be for Blair to get out of England. It is said that the Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag-waving piccaninnies," he wrote, referring to African people as having "watermelon smiles."
Boris Johnson this week suggested that he understood the anger felt by black people in the UK about the country's history of slavery.
However, this is not an attitude that he took while the editor of the Spectator.
In a column written in 2002, Johnson wrote that British colonialism in Africa is "not a blot upon our conscience."
He added: "The problem is not that we were once in charge, but that we are not in charge any more."
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"What a relief it must be for Blair to get out of England. It is said that the Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag-waving piccaninnies," he wrote, referring to African people as having "watermelon smiles."
Boris Johnson this week suggested that he understood the anger felt by black people in the UK about the country's history of slavery.
However, this is not an attitude that he took while the editor of the Spectator.
In a column written in 2002, Johnson wrote that British colonialism in Africa is "not a blot upon our conscience."
He added: "The problem is not that we were once in charge, but that we are not in charge any more."
Boris Johnson called gay men 'tank-topped bumboys' and black people 'piccaninnies' with 'watermelon smiles'
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has a long record of making offensive comments about women, ethnic minorities and gay people.
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