IN THE SPOTLIGHT - BORIS JOHNSON
He’s fat – so he happily admits – and by gum, is Boris Johnson loud.
After a controversy-filled week in which the British shadow higher education minister criticised celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and said that people should use the word ‘fatso’ to describe the overweight, Johnson softened his stance by calling himself a ‘‘fatso’’ and ‘‘proud to be fat’’.
Johnson then hailed Oliver as ‘‘the Messiah’’ of healthy eating. It might have been a nice compliment had it not come just days after Johnson told a fringe meeting ...
