Boris has done it again.

Yes the king of putting one's foot on one's mouth has pronounced that

Writing in his weekly Telegraph column London's major he says that

There is the way these Nordic types are like us, but in subtle ways not like us. They look roughly the same. They speak English almost like us (or in many cases, alas, rather better)

whilst adding that

these countries are global goody-goodies. With their historic (and unspoken) aversion to immigration they boast considerable social cohesion, extraordinary literacy rates, beautiful and emancipated women and such an effective health and safety culture that their cars must drive with headlights on in broad daylight in the middle of summer.