Boris Johnson has reportedly arrived in Kyiv for a surprise visit to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
04.06.2022 - 19:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Boris Johnson was booed by the public during his appearance at the Queen's Jubilee celebrations because people are 'fed up' of his politics according to his rival. Labour leader Keir Starmer said he 'wasn't surprised' that the Prime Minister was met with a chorus of boos as he and his wife Carrie Johnson were seen arriving and leaving the National Service of Thanksgiving for the Queen at St Paul’s Cathedral on Friday (June 3).
But Sir Keir suggested the boos were related to the Prime Minister and his government's “inaction” on helping people with rising bills and escalating shop prices, rather than the fallout from the so-called partygate affair. A host of Conservative MPs have been pushing for the Prime Minister to resign in the wake of revelations about coronavirus lockdown parties being held in Downing Street, with the calls for him to go increasing since senior civil servant Sue Gray’s investigation into the rule-breaking gatherings was published last month.
A day after Ms Gray’s findings were published, Chancellor Rishi Sunak – who, along with Mr Johnson and his wife, was fined for attending the Prime Minister’s surprise birthday gathering in June 2020 when indoor gatherings were prohibited – announced a £21 billion cost-of-living support package, including a £400 grant to all households to assist with soaring energy bills.
But Mr Sunak’s intervention – which also included announcing a windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas companies, a move Labour had been calling for ministers to introduce for months – was criticised for being too late amid suspicions the Government was keen to divert attention from the Gray findings.
Sir Keir, speaking to the PA news agency at the London Aquatic Centre in Stratford, said: “In
Boris Johnson has reportedly arrived in Kyiv for a surprise visit to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie were greeted with boos from the crowd outside St Paul’s Cathedral as they arrived for the National Thanksgiving Service this morning (June 3). As they walked up the steps some onlookers could be heard booing, although there were also cheers from some members of the crowd.
A huge cheer went up as Meghan Markle and Prince Harry arrived at St Paul’s Cathedral for this morning’s thanksgiving service for the Platinum Jubilee.
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Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross has performed another partygate u-turn by claiming Boris Johnson will have to quit after the war is over in Ukraine.