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Home Office minister: Johnson’s holiday is ‘important for the whole country’

It comes after business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng insisted the prime minister going on holiday is "something reasonable".

Andra Maciuca by Andra Maciuca
2021-10-11 10:37
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Boris Johnson Damian Hinds

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A Home Office Tory minister said Boris Johnson’s holiday is “important for the whole country”, amid several living crises the UK is facing. 

Damian Hinds was asked by Sky News if now is the right time for the prime minister to go on holiday.

“When is the right time?,” he replied. 

He added: “I think it is important that people do have an opportunity to be with their families to have some relaxing, unwinding.

“But I wouldn’t want to overstate the amount of unwinding and relaxing you get to do as prime minister because as I say you are constantly in touch, you are constantly being briefed and you remain in charge of the government.

“What is important for the rest of us actually, for the whole country, is that the prime minister does get to have some family time, does get to have a break.”

#KayBurley – Is it right that Boris Johnson is on holiday when the country is going to hell in a handcart?

Damian Hinds – When your Prime Minister you never stop being in charge & in touch from what's going on… #KayBurley – Dominic Raab lost his job because of that pic.twitter.com/UF2sPgn0nU

— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) October 11, 2021

‘Chaotic’

It comes as trade association UK Steel told PA news agency that “now is not the time for a prime minister to be on holiday”.

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Labour shadow treasury minister Pat McFadden said he ‘doesn’t care’ where Johnson is, but demanded a “grip” from the government. 

He said: “It seems just as chaotic when the Prime Minister is here.

“So, frankly, I’m not concerned whether he’s on holiday or not. What I want is grip from the Government, and we haven’t got that at the moment.”

The statements come after business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng insisted Johnson flying to Marbellla to holiday in a private villa on the Costa del Sol is “reasonable”. 

‘Reasonable’

Kwarteng told Times Radio that Johnson “may have decided to take a short break”. 

He said: “I believe he has gone away. I’m not sure where he’s gone.

“I think that’s something reasonable.

“I’m in regular WhatsApp contact with him, I spoke to him only a few days ago. I’m not sure when he’s supposed to have left the country.”

Earlier this year, the prime minister was under investigation after a trip to the Caribbean island of Mustique in 2019.

Johnson claimed the holiday was paid by David Ross, a Tory party donor and former deputy chairman of Carphone Warehouse, at the time.

However, Ross later denied he had paid for the holiday and said he did not own the villa where Johnson and his fiancée, Carrie Symonds, stayed.

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner said at the time that “we need to know what these donors were promised or expected in return for their generosity.”

Related: Watch: Cabinet minister defends Johnson for taking mid-crisis holiday

Boris Johnson investigated over Christmas holiday in the Caribbean

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