Boris Johnson: No apology over ‘leftie crap’ remarks.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson insists he has no regrets over “offensive” comments he made in relation to a St Patrick’s Day event.

The outspoken mayor said he won’t be issuing an apology, despite coming under pressure over the past week to retract the remarks he made in a newspaper interview, in which he linked the city’s annual St Patrick’s Day gala dinner to Sinn Féin and dismissed the celebrations as “leftie crap”.

Mr Johnson was referring to a black-tie event that was in the past attended by prominent Irish people such as Bob Geldof and the Irish Ambassador to Britain but that was cancelled by his office in 2009 to save money.