He was criticised for the 'disgusting' comments.
Millions of pounds of police funding are being ‘spaffed up the wall’ investigating allegations of historic abuse,The former foreign secretary said ‘an awful lot of police time’ is being spent looking at ‘historic offences and all this malarkey’.
Speaking on LBC Radio, Mr Johnson was asked whether police cuts had contributed to the problems on London’s streets.supports HTML5 video ‘£60 million I saw was being spaffed up the wall on some investigation into historic child abuse and all this kind of thing’ He said: ‘One comment I would make is that I think an awful lot of the money, an awful lot of police time, now goes into these historic offences and all this malarkey – £60 million I saw was being spaffed up the wall on some investigation into historic child abuse and all this kind of thing.He has been criticised for both his ‘vulgar’ choice of words in the context, and his suggestion that historic abuse investigations are a waste of money.
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