Not elected yet but a shoe-in at the polls. From The Washington Post:
‘Moronic & clueless’: Boris Johnson sparks outrage, saying everyone in Britain should speak English first
English is far from the only language spoken in Britain.
In fact, significant time and resources have been put toward preserving indigenous minority languages across Britain, including Welsh, Gaelic, Scots and Irish. And, of course, many other languages are spoken — among them Polish, Punjabi, Arabic and French.
It’s understandable how Boris Johnson, a front-runner to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street, ruffled some feathers Friday when he said, “There are too often parts of our country … where English is not spoken by some people as their first language.”
And the key line of his quote:
The most important priority for immigrants should be “to be and to feel British,” he said, “and to learn English.”
The usual suspects ignored this most-important point and went on a rant:
The comments sparked outrage across Britain, where they were seen as echoing populist talking points targeting immigrants and disrespecting centuries-old languages indigenous to the region.
Scottish lawmaker Angus MacNeil tweeted, “Boris is just moronic & clueless.”
“Same arrogance of centuries past that did down native Celtic languages for the Germanic import,” he wrote, referring to the English language’s West Germanic roots. “Multilingualism please Boris and drop the cultural imperialism.”
Again, this was never about supressing the celtic languages, it was that people coming in from other lands need to learn the language and culture. Right now, they are getting free shit from the English government (paid for by the English citizen's taxes) and they are not being asked to do anything. Of course they want to come.
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