During yesterday’s PMQs Boris Johnson made a comment that left many at home tearing their hair out.
He twice said that the children of wealthy parents can afford private tutoring; because their parents work hard!
Even for a man who flew into the G7 summit in Cornwall, rather than getting the train, to discuss climate change, this was a very insensitive comment.
Ahead of the G7 meeting the PM was told he must ‘respect the rule of law’ by fully implementing post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland, by EU leaders.
Charles Michel, the president of the European Council, said the behaviour of the prime minister was of increasing concern to EU member states. “It’s paramount to implement what we have decided – this is a question of rule of law,” he said.
Johnson is to hold a trilateral meeting with Michel and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, in Cornwall.
Also president Biden ordered US officials to hand Boris Johnson an unprecedented diplomatic rebuke for endangering the Northern Ireland peace process over Brexit, it has emerged.
So it hasn’t been the greatest start for the PM and the Cornish weather has also scuppered a trip by US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Boris Johnson to a coastal beauty spot.
The two leaders were due to meet at Saint Michael’s Mount, a castle on a tidal island off the coast of Cornwall, for their talks ahead of the G7 summit.
Reports suggested their wives, Carrie Johnson and First Lady Jill Biden, were also due to have a tour of the island while the leaders discussed issues including Brexit, the coronavirus pandemic and climate change.
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