Former British PM Boris Johnson blames the Church of England for obesity crisis and calls obese children “fatsos”

Boris Johnson has slammed the nation’s children as “fatsos” amid an obesity crisis in Britain. 

The former prime minister said that when he was younger it was “very rare for there to be a fatso in the class”. 

He added: “Now they’re all fatsos, and I’d be shot for saying they’re fatsos, but it’s the truth”. 

Boris Johnson blamed the Church of England for Britain’s obesity crisis, saying that its failure to provide people with the “spiritual sustenance” they need is leading people to “gorge themselves”. 

He said: “When I was a kid, we were all out playing in the streets the whole time. You don’t see that with kids nowadays.. Now they’re all fatsos, and I’d be shot for saying they’re fatsos, but that’s the truth. 

“People were skinnier, they ran around a huge amount, they drank phenomenal quantities of Tizer, they ate Spangles and Curly Wurlies and dog s*** and nowadays kids are sitting on screens and being told that it’s too dangerous to go outside because there are paedophiles everywhere apparently.” 

He continued: “Covid was hitting Britain particularly badly because we were so fat and I had my own experience in ICU. I noticed it was all middle-aged men and quite fat… and I came out of that thinking crikey, we’ve got to sort this out.” 

Criticising the head of the Church of England, Mr Johnson also hit out at a host of other religious leaders for not dealing with “people’s spiritual needs”. 

“The living bread is being provided by Tesco,” he said. “And they’re gorging themselves on the real living bread.”