Boris Johnson Offers Weakest Possible Apology for Saying Women in Burqas ‘Look Like Letterboxes’
SORRY NOT SORRY
The British prime minister has been formally criticized for writing in his 2018 newspaper column that Muslim women who wear burqas “look like letterboxes.”
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has delivered a true master class in how to apologize for something without admitting any wrongdoing. On Tuesday, Johnson’s Conservative Party released an independent review into accusations of deep-seated Islamophobia in its ranks—and it specifically called out its leader’s past comments on Muslim women.
