Boris Johnson refuses to apologize for 'thesaurus' of insults

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Tuesday it would take far too long for him to apologize for the "rich thesaurus" of rude comments and insults he has directed at world leaders and others over the years.

Johnson, a former journalist with a talent for trenchant comments that his critics say sometimes tip over into untruth, said his utterances over a three-decade career had often been "misconstrued".

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He did get a break from Kerry, who said the U.S. ambassador in Brussels had refereed to Johnson as a "very smart and capable man". Kerry added: "That's the Boris Johnson I intend to work with."

"I'll take that, I'll take that," said a rather sheepish-looking Johnson.

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