mo4ch:>‘Insult to every survivor’: Boris causes outrage after calling child sex abuse inquiries ‘malarkey’ | Mo4ch News

Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson has caused uproar after claiming that £60 million ($79 million) of police money has been wasted on investigations into historic child abuse, when it should be used to protect the public.During an interview with LBC radio, Johnson was asked whether he thought there was a correlation between police budget and personnel cuts, and an increase in crime. He insisted keeping police officer numbers high was a priority but that it depends on where the money is spent.I think an awful lot of money and an awful lot of police time now goes into these historic offences and all this malarkey. You know, £60 million ($79 million) I saw was being spaffed up a wall on some investigation into historic child abuse.Johnson’s remarks attracted widespread criticism on social media, including from a number of Labour MPs.Labour Chair Ian Lavery described Johnson’s remarks as “disgusting” and “an insult to every survivor of child sex abuse.” He urged the former foreign sec…