Boris Johnson faces questions over 'arguably racist' comments

Tory frontrunner says ‘letterbox’ column was defence of women’s right to wear burqa. Boris Johnson was forced to defend his ability to represent minority groups in the UK at a Conservative party hustings in Nottingham on Saturday. Johnson and his rival Jeremy Hunt were taking questions from local Conservative members who will be voting to choose the next leader of the party. Johnson was asked whether he could represent minority groups having made such “derogatory and argu