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.
"When shelves are bare in my local food banks, businesses have gone to the wall, public sector and key workers have suffered pay freezes and cuts, his priority is once again himself," said Labour MP for South Shields Emma Lewell-Buck.
One in five 2019 Conservative voters now say they do not who they would vote for in an election.
"Someone is lying. And I know who has lied before…", Angela Rayner said after a Downing Street spokesperson said they did not come into close contact.
Mark Drakeford said: “The damage done to Welsh coal mining areas 30 years ago was incalculable and here we are 30 years later the Tories are still celebrating what they did.”
He also caused outrage saying Margaret Thatcher’s closure of coal mines had given the UK an “early start” in moving to a greener economy.
"Thatcher’s decimation of the coal industry had absolutely nothing to do with environmentalism and everything to do with her despicable anti-trade union ideology."
Scottish Seafood Association chief executive Jimmy Bucha was among the sector leaders to tell the Prime Minister the Brexit deal “had fallen far short of expectations”.
Peter Stefanovic's video has sparked urgent interventions in parliament and a string of questions about the PM's conduct.
"I’m going to report this blatant example of cronyism to the man responsible for rooting out cronyism", wrote David Schneider.