Brits Go Mad and Boris Johnson Makes Tea

You are probably aware by now of a very serious — all-consuming — political incident that occurred last week in Britain. In case you’re not: Boris Johnson, the former British foreign secretary, wrote in a column for the Daily Telegraph that women in burkas resemble letterboxes.

Turning up outside Boris Johnson’s own letterbox, members of the British press wanted to know whether he regretted his comments. The Conservative MP then emerged, “solely on a humanitarian mission”:

Will Brits be won over by this gesture? It is not clear.

What is clear, however, is that his tea looks utterly undrinkable. (Boris Johnson was once editor of The Spectator — but he was evidently never the intern.)