Foot-in-mouth disease: Johnson is famous for political gaffes, such as the time his magazine published an article lambasting the city of Liverpool for being “hooked on grief” after the murder in Iraq of hostage Kenneth Bigley. Above, Johnson begs Liverpudlians for forgiveness in what he later called “Operation Scouse Grovel” on Oct. 20, 2004. In 2006, he apologized to Papua New Guineans for writing that their country was best known for “cannibalism and chief-killing.”