Claim: Boris Johnson wrote that working class men are "likely to be drunk, criminal, aimless, feckless and hopeless" in The Spectator in 1995.
Fact-check: Boris Johnson did write that "blue collar" men are likely to be drunk, criminal, aimless, feckless and hopeless - Full Fact
Verdict: correct. he specifically said "blue collar" men.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2020-02-27T00:00:00