The rest of the article (yes, I've read it) is totally irrelevant here except in the minds of you valiant but misguided Johnson supporters (I'm trying to be kind). Letter box and bank robbers were the whole point. They were not off-the-cuff careless remarks. They were not slips of the tongue when the mic was accidentally left switched on. They were premeditated, proofread and editorially-vetted words and you can bet your life that Johnson was asked if he really wanted them to stand before the article was published. He meant them to provoke exactly the tide of racism that's sweeping the country right now and they were calculated to appeal in the most vulgar and populist manner to the Islamophobic low-life in this country. If you had any sense you would dissociate yourself from him. You are demeaning yourself by defending him.