Education charity Classics for All distances itself from high-profile supporter
The Ides of March may be long past but Boris Johnson has found himself, like Julius Caesar, under attack from an unusual direction – in Johnson’s case, the nation’s classical scholars.
Following his incendiary remarks about Muslim women wearing the burqa, Johnson has found his position on a charity promoting the study of classics under threat, after several other members of the organisation threatened to cut their ties if Johnson remained on board.
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