It’s tough to pick out just one cringeworthy moment from Boris Johnson’s victory speech yesterday, with the wild-haired buffoon clearly high on his own success, but we’ll do our best.

Boris beat fellow Conservative Jeremy Hunt comfortably, winning 92 153 votes to his rival’s 46 656 to secure the party’s leadership, and will today officially become the UK’s Prime Minister after a meeting with the Queen.

Spare a thought for that woman, who has had to meet with Trump and Boris in the space of less than two months.

During his victory speech, Boris pointed out that his “Deliver, Unite, Defeat” slogan had a rather unfortunate acronym.

Enter the beginning of the end of the word ‘dude’, which may never recover from what came next:

Somewhere out there, The Big Lebowski’s Dude has packed up his rug and moved to a place where there is no internet.

Dude, no.

Given what has come before, we really aren’t that surprised about shaking our heads at the tripe that comes out of Boris’ mouth.

You may recall Trevor Noah’s excellent look at the man under the blonde mop, which touches on many of his past gaffes, but let’s focus on his past comments about Africa.

Or, as he calls it, “that country”, a comment he made back in 2016, as Foreign Press Secretary, when talking about life expectancy rising on the continent.

Here’s CNN with some standouts:

Johnson made the remarks in an outlandish 2002 Daily Telegraph article, where few people were spared.

Writing in a 2002 Spectator article, he also described meeting some young children with AIDS who performed a welcome song for Johnson and his group. He has come under fire for his insensitive description of the children.

Writing in his column in the Daily Telegraph on former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s visits around the world, he used the term “piccaninnies,” which is a racist term used to describe black children.

Watermelon smiles and piccaninnies – quite a take, that.

Those above are only scratching the surface, so let’s dig a little deeper with the help of Business Insider:

August 2018: Muslim women in burkas ‘look like letter boxes’

Writing in the Telegraph newspaper, he said: “If you tell me that the burka is oppressive, then I am with you…

“I would go further and say that it is absolutely ridiculous that people should choose to go around looking like letter boxes.”

June 2018: ‘F*ck business’

One of the low points in Johnson’s time as foreign secretary was when he refused to deny reports that he used a swear word to describe business leaders who were concerned about the impact of Brexit.

Asked about corporate concerns over Brexit at an event for EU diplomats, Johnson is said to have replied: “F*ck business.”

Just the kind of guy you want at the helm.

Let’s have a quick look at him blowing a vuvuzela during a visit in 2010, before we carry on:

The jacket, pants, and glasses combo is a bit of a reach.

May 2016: Johnson pens poem about Turkish president having sex with a goat

In 2016, Boris Johnson won a £1,000 prize for a rude poem about the Turkish president having sex with a goat.

The poem, published by the Spectator magazine, offered the following limerick: “There was a young fellow from Ankara, Who was a terrific wankerer.

“Till he sowed his wild oats, With the help of a goat, But he didn’t even stop to thankera.”

Don’t quit the day job.

Scratch that, please do.

Let’s finish in style:

April 2005: ‘Voting Tory will cause your wife to have bigger breasts’

In 2005, when he was campaigning to become the MP for Henley-on-Thames, Johnson said: “Voting Tory will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW M3.”

Funnily enough, that’s about as likely to happen as many of the promises made by the pro-Brexit politicians.

Looks like the UK and the US are going toe-to-toe in the battle for the title of ‘most laughable leader’.

[sources:cnn&businsider]