Johnson’s adviser quits after controversial comments on racial IQ

Andrew Sabisky, an adviser to UK’s prime minister Boris Johnson, resigned after both Johnson’s allies and the opposition criticized him for his past comments linking intelligence to race.
Sabisky said on Monday he was quitting because he had become “a distraction”. In 2014, he wrote that “one way to get around the problems of unplanned pregnancies creating a permanent underclass would be to legally enforce universal uptake of long-term contraception at the onset of puberty”. “Vaccination laws give it a precedent, I would argue”, he said.
Lawmakers from both the opposition and the governing Conservatives urged Johnson to dismiss Sabisky, who was hired after Johnson’s chief aide, Dominic Cummings, appealed for “weirdos and misfits with odd skills” to apply for government jobs.
Sabisky has also suggested that black Americans have a lower average IQ than white Americans.
Johnson’s spokesman declined to discuss Sabisky’s role in Downing Street. He also declined to say whether Johnson agreed with Sabisky’s views.
“Cannot believe No 10 has refused to comment on Andrew Sabisky. I don’t know him from a bar of soap, but don’t think we’d get on. Must be no place in government for the views he’s expressed”, said Caroline Nokes, from Johnson’s Conservative Party.