Boris Johnson compares dead monkey head to Labour backbencher

Boris Johnson compares dead monkey head to Labour backbencher

Boris Johnson compared a dead monkey’s head to a Labour backbencher while on a visit to a police unit which confiscates wildlife products.

A police officer suggested a macaque, but Mr Johnson offered “a Labour backbencher”.

He said: “What’s this poor chap here? Faint air of a … Labour backbencher.”

Boris Johnson compared this monkey head to a Labour backbencher PA
Boris Johnson compared this monkey head to a Labour backbencher (PA)

Mr Johnson saw items including rhino horns, raw ivory tusks and carved ivory specimens as well as animal trophies including a stuffed lion’s head, tiger skins and monkey hands.

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