On 13th March 2019, on the subject of funding and Police resources, Boris Johnson MP said:

“And one comment I would make is 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, £60m I saw was being spaffed up a wall on some investigation into historic child abuse and all this kind of thing. What on earth is that going to do to protect the public now?”

His view of the effects of abuse, of the years it can take victims to process their experience, his dismissal of the idea that punishment of historic crime can be a deterrent and the protection to the public that prosecutions provide, could and should all be challenged elsewhere.

However Mr Johnson's choice to use the slang of celebratory male ejaculation as a metaphor for wasting money on the investigation of child sexual abuse, displays an astonishing lack of decency, compassion and ethical conduct.

The Conservative Party Constitution PART XII ETHICS, CONDUCT AND STANDARDS, paragraph 79, states: 'No Member of Parliament … shall have engaged or engage in conduct which brings or is likely to bring the Party into disrepute.'

An ally of Johnson is reported to have said he had no intention of apologising or clarifying his remarks about child abuse cases.

Boris Johnson has engaged in conduct which brings the Conservative Party into disrepute. As such, disciplinary proceedings should be initiated.