Boris Johnson has been widely mocked this morning after making a bizarre reference to a Roman dictator in his farewell speech. In his final address outside Downing Street, the outgoing Prime Minister compared himself to Cincinnatus - a statesman in Rome in the fifth century BC.
"On the subject of bouncing around in future careers, let me say that I am now like one of those booster rockets that has fulfilled its function," Mr Johnson said.
"I will now be gently re-entering the atmosphere and splashing down invisibly in some remote and obscure corner of the Pacific. Like Cincinnatus, I am returning to my plough and I will be offering this government nothing but the most fervent support."
