Tories react to Johnson’s ‘absurd’ plan to give dad a knighthood
"Arise, sir dad!"
In 2021, a senior Tory MP and a journalist publicly accused Stanley Johnson of touching them at Conservative party conferences.
"Lord Heseltine was absolutely brilliant, he wiped the floor with you two.”
Stanley Johnson linked the increase in waterway sewage to Brexit, saying "Britain was known as the dirty man of Europe" before joining the European Economic Community.
“You all ought to be careful about the way you use language," the prime minister's father said.
"I sometimes want to applaud someone who manages to put an opinion in a tweet, then contradict that opinion in the same tweet. It’s next level stupidity."
Caroline Nokes said she hoped the Culture Secretary’s comments do not deter others from reporting sexual harassment.
"How - in 2021 - can someone be described as both “charming” and “handsy”?" wrote Prof Alice Roberts.
The trade secretary said women have had to deal with "the wandering hand" for far too long.
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