Billions squandered on cronyism, but Universal Credit lift will ‘have to come out of people’s pockets’
“I have every sympathy for people who are finding it tough," Boris Johnson said, but any uplift has "got to come out of some people’s pockets.”
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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2016-2018 and Mayor of London 2008-2016. Johnson has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015 and was previously MP for Henley from 2001 to 2008. He has been described as adhering to the ideology of one-nation and national conservatism.
He croaked: PM’s Kermit the Frog joke falls flat at UN – and people leapt on it
"Not as easy to get laughs when your audience aren’t pissed-up fellow Tories at a £1k-per-plate black tie function, is it?", wrote one Twitter user.
WATCH: Fact-checking PM claim that Protocol wasn’t discussed with Biden
Lawyer and filmmaker Peter Stefanovic showed a clip in which the prime minister said the Brexit issue did not come up at all during his 90-minute meeting with the US president.
Spot the odd one out: Maskless Johnson makes the rounds on social media
No 10 said there were “strict Covid measures in place at UNGA” which were being adhered to by the prime minister.
Boris tells UN General Assembly: Kermit the Frog was wrong
"He’s talking to world leaders using kids tv shows now," one person said in the aftermath of the address.
Johnson tells Macron: ‘Prenez un grip and donnez-moi un break’
Ever the diplomat, the prime minister dismissed Macron's AUKUS anger in Franglais.
Flared up Raab thinks heating and eating is cheating as Govt takes us back to the 70s
Angela Rayner basks in the limelight, while Raab is left questioning 'Watt' on earth just happened.
‘This is a joke, right?’ Boris wants to join someone else’s trade deal
Downing Street reportedly wants to join a regional trade deal between the US, Mexico and Canada.
Bezos tells Boris: It’s your job to make Amazon pay more tax
At a meeting in New York, the Amazon founder said it was up to governments to set taxation frameworks.