Boris Johnson urged to quit after Thailand sex tourism remarks

[webfact]

Boris Johnson urged to quit after Thailand sex tourism remarks

Kathleen Nutt 

Journalist

 

Johnson compared May to the Old Testament’s Moses, described the English Channel as a moat, and said Brexit will be good for ‘organic carrots’

 

THERESA May’s decision to put up Boris Johnson to give the first of her Cabinet’s “Road to Brexit” speeches designed to woo Remainers backfired yesterday after the gaffe prone Foreign Secretary was plunged into renewed controversy after making an offensive joke about sex tourism to Thailand – which has notoriously involved the abuse of children.

 

His address, meant to be a serious attempt to unite people in the UK ahead of its departure from the EU, descended into the bizarre as he compared the Prime Minister to the Old Testament’s Moses, described the English Channel as a moat, talked about Britons going on stag parties to European capitals and said Brexit would be good for “organic carrots”.

 

But it was his remarks on British tourists going to Thailand for sex which prompted the most criticism.

 

The written copy of his speech issued to journalists beforehand said: “As I have just discovered we have more than a million who go to Thailand every year, where according to our superb consular services they get up to the most eye-popping things.”

 

Full story:  

http://www.thenational.scot/news/15994528.Boris_Johnson_urged_to_quit_after_Thailand_sex_tourism_remarks/

 

-- THE NATIONAL 2018-02-16

[ukrules]

What's the big deal

 

As I have just discovered we have more than a million who go to Thailand every year, where according to our superb consular services they get up to the most eye-popping things.

 

This doesn't even mention people coming over here for the hookers.

[ezzra]

Prince Phillip is very well known for his whimsical and starge remarks, should

we ask him to resign as well? people are measured with their quality of their deeds,

and not their tongues....

[Darcula]

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

they get up to the most eye-popping things

 

Sitting too close to the stage at a go-go might do that. Haven't heard of any stray dart cases lately. However, NHS should hand out safety glasses with a travel advisory.

[Samui Bodoh]

While I stand by my contention that he is an idiot, this is not a firing offence.

 

Chill out, UK!

[Lingba]

People afraid of the truth..which is why we continue to live in societies that continue to lie

[jonclark]

3 minutes ago, Lingba said:

People afraid of the truth..which is why we continue to live in societies that continue to lie

 

My thoughts exactly - what he said was hardly a lie and lets be frank about it, a fair number of those tourist have gone on to marry the lady (or man) who made their eyes pop in the first place!

[Boon Mee]

What BoJo said was non-controversial.

Poor bugger has a hard time with the Press is all.

[Jeremy50]

Commercial sex is a huge part of Thailand's tourist industry. Boris should have gone into it in more detail. Get a life you PC idiots. 

[impulse]

If I walk down the street every day for a year and every day a bird poops on my head, it may seem to me like that's a normal thing- no problem...

 

I don't know whether Thailand draws them in that way, or desensitizes them once they get here, but the opinions expressed here don't come close to matching the mainstream opinions back home.

 

[impulse]

5 minutes ago, Jeremy50 said:

Commercial sex is a huge part of Thailand's tourist industry. Boris should have gone into it in more detail. Get a life you PC idiots. 

 

Yup, and every father aspires to have his daughter grow up to service old, fat white guys. 

 

[Ricardo]

I wonder what makes him believe that UK consular-services in Thailand are  "superb"  ?  That's not the opinion I hear from most fellow-Brit expats !

 

I'd be more impressed, if he had announced during his visit, that the consulate in Chiang Mai was going to be reinstated, or that the Pattaya-expats would be better-served in-future, or that he would be arranging for passport-renewals to return to the former Hong-Kong level of convenience/service !

[ChrisY1]

BoJo didn't really say that much....but the National article makes it appear he was talking about sex tourism and abusing children...neither of which was mentioned.

The British media (other westerns included) is disgraceful at best, and has been for decades.

Unfortunately, often applauded by the bored readers of these rags!

[webfact]

RELATED STORY:

 

Boris Johnson jokes about British sex tourism in Thailand during major Brexit speech

'As I have just discovered we have more than a million who go to Thailand every year, where according to our superb consular services they get up to the most eye-popping things' 

Chris Baynes 

 

video screenshot

 

Boris Johnson appeared to joke about sex tourism in Thailand during a major speech about Brexit.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025129-boris-johnson-jokes-about-british-sex-tourism-in-thailand-during-major-brexit-speech/

[sammieuk1]

Urged to quit over this remark what a joke he led the whole of the UK up the garden path to brexit lala land and got promoted ! 

[webfact]

British foreign secretary jokes about British sex tourism in Thailand during major Brexit speech

 

Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson delivers a speech, 'The Road to Brexit: a United Kingdom' in central London on February 14.//EPA-EFE

 

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson who just visited Bangkok early this week appeared to joke about sex tourism in Thailand during a major speech about Brexit in his home country, the Independent online reported Thursday.

 

In an address in which he outlined his vision for the country’s departure from the EU, he also quipped “the right deal on aviation and on visa-free travel” would allow Britons “ever more intensively to go on cheapo flights to stag parties in ancient cities”.

 

Johnson continued, “As I have just discovered we have more than a million who go to Thailand every year, where according to our superb consular services they get up to the most eye-popping things.”

 

 “If we get the right deal on aviation and on visa-free travel – both of which are in our mutual interest – this expansion of UK tourism will continue, not just beyond the EU, but within the EU itself; and we will continue ever more intensively to go on cheapo flights to stag parties in ancient cities, meet interesting people, fall in love, struggle amiably to learn the European languages whose decline has been a paradoxical feature of EU membership.”

 

His comments, made in a ‘Road to Brexit’ speech in which he attempted to reach out to Remain supporters, were described as “off-colour” and  “embarrassing” by some on social media, the online reported.

 

One Twitter user said: “Boris Johnson going on about Brits committing illegal activities in Thailand and stag parties in ancient cities. This is our international reputation? How sad.”

 

Another wrote: “Harming our reputation and making light of serious behaviour, even criminal abuse, is a step too far even for him.”

 

Liam Kirkaldy (@HolyroodLiam) : In a keynote speech on Brexit Boris Johnson is talking about measuring the English channel with his fingers, referring to it as a moat, and making jokes about the things that go on when Brits go to Thailand. This is terrifying.

 

6:25 PM - Feb 14, 2018

Johnson met Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwina during a tour of Asia this week.

 

After talks on trade and security, he said he would “look forward to further strengthening the UK’s relationship with Thailand in the future”.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30338918

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-02-16

[Orac]

Ridiculous overreaction to a comment that didn't even specifically mention sex tourists and i see how the ante has now been upped to include child sex tourism.

 

Just shows how empty this major speech on Brexit was if this is the talking point that came out of it.

[StayinThailand2much]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The written copy of his speech issued to journalists beforehand said: “As I have just discovered we have more than a million who go to Thailand every year, where according to our superb consular services they get up to the most eye-popping things.”

And?? Couldn't that be something positive, like in: "This Iranian baker does eye-popping things..." 

 

I think, the problem is not his comment, but the sleazy thoughts of journalists and readers alike, condemning both, his completely innocent joke, as well as the 'more than a million who go to Thailand every year'.

 

And what is that reference about 'abuse of children'? Are the 'million who go to Thailand every year' considered paedoes now?? 

[brewsterbudgen]

Plenty of reasons for dumping Boris the Brexit buffoon. But this is not one of them.

Sent from my SM-G930F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app

[KeeperRik]

Yes he is right, cheap Cataract operations everywhere?

[evadgib]

The OP deflects a more pressing issue from BJ:

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/foreign-secretary-speech-uniting-for-a-great-brexit

Edited February 16, 2018 by evadgib

[samsensam]

 

while the comment was insulting (but not wholly inaccurate) to thailand and to the vast majority of visitors here who dont partake in the sex industry i can, after seeing for myself the way certain visitors (sex tourists) behave here, to some extent sympathise with the staff who have to provide consular services and deal with such individuals.

[wgdanson]

1 hour ago, impulse said:

to service old, fat white guys. 

 

No young blacks or Asians then?

[Araiwah]

2 hours ago, ukrules said:

What's the big deal

 

 

 

 

This doesn't even mention people coming over here for the hookers.

I think it is the "superb consular services" quote that should get him fired personally. ?

[wgdanson]

Just now, Araiwah said:

I think it is the "superb consular services" quote that should get him fired personally. ?

I got my income letter from them no problem at all.

 

[StayinThailand2much]

7 minutes ago, evadgib said:

The OP serves to deflect from more pressing issues from BJ:

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/foreign-secretary-speech-uniting-for-a-great-brexit

Thank you for this copy of the original speech, which was, obviously, taken apart, falsified, and things taken out of context, by the jerks of the yellow press and their half-truths sensationaism.

[JOC]

Would love for Boris to meet Chalerm.....That would be interesting....!!

[evadgib]

17 minutes ago, Araiwah said:

I think it is the "superb consular services" quote that should get him fired personally. ?

Can you back that with a first hand account of percieved failure or is it based on something gleaned from a 'bloke in a pub'?

Edited February 16, 2018 by evadgib

[JOC]

A British quality tourist after an eye-popping experience.....

[bluesofa]

The article quotes, "making an offensive joke about sex tourism to Thailand – which has notoriously involved the abuse of children."

 

First of all, I am not defending the abuse of children.

But, for a journalist to talk about sexual abuse of children as though it was a problem peculiar to Thailand?

What about the girls who were sexually abused in Rotherham (UK) while the local council for years continually ignored the problem and ignored the multiple reports submitted to them about it? That's one sexual abuse problem closer to home that is now being ignored, in order to make a cheap jibe at the expense of Thailand.