Boris Johnson received a £24k ‘gift’ from Tory donor for wedding party
The donation from JCB chairman Lord Bamford and his wife covered items including flowers, a South African barbecue and an ice cream van.
The donation from JCB chairman Lord Bamford and his wife covered items including flowers, a South African barbecue and an ice cream van.
The one-off gift will help ensure BoJo is fully covered… no matter what position he finds himself in next.
A recall petition has to attract 10 per cent of the registered voters to sign a petition at a designated centre to force the former PM out.
"There is an acceptance among senior Tory strategists that he could lose his Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat."
At least he stayed on-brand.
"It's a deeply unpleasant propaganda video and bears no relation to reality", Margaret Thatcher's former aide wailed.
The departing prime minister’s customary award of peerages is likely to provoke controversy, with even his dad mentioned.
Speaking in Downing Street for the final time as Prime Minister, Mr Johnson said: ‘Like Cincinnatus, I am returning to my plough.’
"If you are curious about Boris Johnson's reference to Cincinnatus in his goodbye speech - he was a 5th century BC Roman politician who saved the state from an invasion, then - job done - returned to his farm ('to his plough'). He was also an enemy of the people."
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