Boris Johnson Says His Jokes Are Good For British Foreign Policy

Boris Johnson has hit back at suggestions his jokes are damaging the United Kingdom’s relationships with other countries.The foreign secretary said on Wednesday that “telling jokes is often a very effective way of getting a diplomatic message across”.Tory MP Tom Tugendhat, the chairman of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, has suggested Johnson should cut out the gags as it was “really, really hard to do cross-cultural humour”.Appearing before Tugendha