Boris Johnson calls Assad a 'monster' who needs 'decapitating'

Boris Johnson has likened Syrian president Bashar Assad to a "monster" who needs "decapitating".The Foreign Secretary was asked in the Commons how Mr Assad could be punished for using chemical weapons without allowing a "virulent Islamist regime" to replace him.Mr Johnson said he agreed with the wisdom of the remark from Julian Lewis, the Conservative chairman of the defence select committee.