‘Keep mugging off the country’: Reaction as Boris cans Christmas

Worst possible Prime Minister and worst possible government at the worst possible time?

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) December 19, 2020

“As prime minister it’s my job to take tough decisions”

Make no mistake: we’re in this mess because he hasn’t, can’t or won’t, until it’s too late.

— Peter Kyle MP (@peterkyle) December 19, 2020

I do take some comfort in the thought that Boris Johnson wanted to be prime minister for so long and he’s just having the worst time

— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) December 19, 2020

Worried about the people I love. Despairing at being at home for months on end. It would nice, in that context, to have a prime minister who can comb his fucking hair before giving a press conference

— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) December 19, 2020

Keep mugging off the country, prime minister – everybody’s loving it

— Marina Hyde (@MarinaHyde) December 19, 2020

If I hear that @BorisJohnson is swanning off to Chequers for Christmas Day, I will be joining him, and bringing a few friends.

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) December 19, 2020

Boris Johnson is like the boy who cried no wolf when there was a wolf. And the wolf kept eating all the sheep and then he said actually it must be this new strain of wolf and not because I am just a really crap shepherd boy.

— Matt Haig (@matthaig1) December 19, 2020