I’m Johnson’s ‘Monsieur Le Poop Scoop’

BORIS Johnson’s Foreign Office deputy says he has been dubbed ‘Monsieur Le Poop Scoop’ by EU Ministers because his job is to ‘clear up the diplomatic mess’ left behind by his boss. The nickname of Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan emerged after reports that senior EU figures regard Mr Johnson as a ‘joke’ because of his gaffes and colourful language. A friend of Sir Alan said: ‘He has told people that the Europeans complain Boris causes such a diplomatic mess wherever he goes that Alan has to follow him round to clear it all up. They have taken to calling him Monsieur Le Poop Scoop. Alan thinks it is hilarious.’

The disclosure will do little to improve the rocky relations between Mr Johnson and Sir Alan, left.

When Mr Johnson ran for the Tory leadership last year, Sir Alan called him ‘Silvio Borisconi’ – a reference to ex-Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, known for his ‘bunga bunga’ sex parties and corruption claims.

In August, it was claimed that Foreign Office aides were so horrified by Mr Johnson’s incompetence they asked Sir Alan to make key decisions instead.

But Mr Johnson hit back after Sir Alan was accused of a gaffe three weeks ago when he said Brexit was the result of a ‘tantrum’ by working-class Britons.

Mr Johnson mocked his diminutive deputy as a ‘Mount Rushmore of wisdom’.