Steerpike 12 March 2019 6:16 PM 12 March 2019 6:16 PM Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Whatsapp Boris Johnson says he will still vote against Theresa May’s Brexit deal. Here is his verdict on the PM’s revised Withdrawal Agreement: I sincerely hoped that the Government would be able to make the wholly modest changes that this House urged them to make. And that there would be no risk that this country would find itself trapped in the backstop or no risk that we would lose our democratic right to make laws for this country, or pass them to a foreign entity for all time as we’re in danger of doing. But whatever the Government tried to do it has not I’m afraid succeeded. Now I congratulate the Prime Minister and the Attorney-General on their efforts. The result is that like Adam and Eve in the garden they have sewed an apron of fig leaves that does nothing to conceal the embarrassment and indignity of the UK. And as the Attorney … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson: Why I won’t vote for Theresa May’s Brexit deal
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Boris Johnson booted out by wife Marina after she accused him of cheating AGAIN
BORIS Johnson has split with his long-suffering wife Marina after she accused him of cheating on her again. The Sun can reveal the ex-Foreign Secretary and his high-flying lawyer wife, both 54, are now living apart and no longer socialise as a couple. The Johnsons’ 25-year marriage has been rocked previously by his flings with other women. Boris’ daughter has claimed wife Marina “will never take him back”. Fashion journalist Lara, 25, is understood to have been overheard exploding with rage at her philandering dad. She is said to have told pals at a party he “is a selfish bastard”. And she insisted to one friend: “Mum is finished with him. She will never take him back now.” Sources close to the ex-Foreign Secretary and his high-flying lawyer wife say Marina, 54, booted out Boris over fresh allegations he had been seeing another woman. The two now live apart and no longer socialise as a couple. The circumstances of the split are likely to … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson booted out by wife Marina after she accused him of cheating AGAIN
Jacob Rees-Mogg: Why I support Boris Johnson as a future leader
Steerpike 6 September 2018 6:58 PM 6 September 2018 6:58 PM Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Whatsapp Will Theresa May’s troubles ever end? Jacob Rees-Mogg has put the PM under more pressure today, telling LBC that he would have preferred Boris Johnson lead negotiations with the EU. The ERG Chair said: ‘Two years ago, in the Conservative Party leadership campaign, I supported Boris Johnson, because I thought he would deliver Brexit extraordinarily well. I haven’t seen anything that would cause me to change my mind on that. I think that had he become Prime Minister, we would have negotiated from a greater position of strength, and would be heading towards a clearer, cleaner Brexit, rather than the muddle of Chequers.’ Pushed as to whether he would like to see May removed, and Boris as PM, the North East Somerset MP was evasive, replying: ‘I think Boris is absolutely first class, but there is no vacancy.’ But for how … [Read more...] about Jacob Rees-Mogg: Why I support Boris Johnson as a future leader
Boris Johnson adds to Theresa May’s post-holiday blues: ‘Chequers means disaster’
Katy Balls 3 September 2018 7:44 AM 3 September 2018 7:44 AM Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Whatsapp There had been a vague hope in No 10 that the long summer recess would give tired and grumpy Conservative MPs some time to relax, rejuvenate and heal old wounds. Alas the break only led to more feuding and when Parliament returns on Tuesday, Theresa May comes back to a party even more divided over Brexit than it was when she set off on her walking holiday. May’s old foe Boris Johnson makes the front of the Daily Telegraph with an assault on the Chequers plan. The former foreign secretary says the ‘scandal of Brexit is not that we failed, but that we have not tried’: ‘The whole thing is about as pre-ordained as a bout between Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy; and in this case, I am afraid, the inevitable outcome is a victory for the EU, with the UK lying flat on the canvas and 12 stars circling symbolically over our semi-conscious … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson adds to Theresa May’s post-holiday blues: ‘Chequers means disaster’
Watch: Kenyan President forgets the name of Boris Johnson – ‘the bicycle guy’
Steerpike 30 August 2018 2:29 PM 30 August 2018 2:29 PM Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Whatsapp It can be hard adjusting to life after high office. One minute you’re one of the most powerful people in the country, the next, people are struggling to even remember your name. It’s not something that usually affects Boris Johnson, who is accustomed to spending time in the limelight even after he’s left high-profile positions. But it appears his stardom outside the UK might already be waning. Despite Boris visiting the country only last year, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is already struggling to remember who he is. In a press conference alongside Theresa May this afternoon he recalled the visit, saying: ‘Last year, if you recall, the Foreign Secretary then, Boris…erm…Boris, Boris…Johnson. The bicycle guy, that one’ “Boris…erm…Boris, Boris…Johnson! The bicycle guy!": Kenyan … [Read more...] about Watch: Kenyan President forgets the name of Boris Johnson – ‘the bicycle guy’