Anger as London mayor tells 'part-Kenyan' Obama to butt out

April 23, 2016 01:14

London Mayor Boris Johnson, a leader of the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union, faced a flurry of criticism today for suggesting US President Barack Obama may have an "ancestral dislike of the British Empire" because of his Kenyan roots.

On a visit to the UK, Obama weighed in to Britain's debate about European Union membership, urging voters to back staying in the 28-nation bloc.

At a news conference with Prime Minister David Cameron, Obama said "I don't think the EU moderates UK influence in the world it magnifies it."

His opinion also expressed in a Daily Telegraph newspaper article angered campaigners for a "leave" vote in the June 23 referendum, who accused the president of meddling.

Johnson said Obama's advice was "paradoxical, inconsistent, incoherent" because Americans "would never contemplate anything like the EU for themselves."

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