Boris announces ‘galactic Britain’ amid pandemonium at the pumps
"Presumably these rockets will be powered solely by sovereignty and not, ya know, fuel," one person commented.
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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.
PM ‘considering sending in Army’ to drive fuel trucks as pumps run dry
The Government has suspended competition laws to help the industry keep petrol stations topped-up amid panic buying by motorists.
Labour voters ‘think Tory supporters are bad people’
Meanwhile, Labour now has less support among Conservative-leaning voters than it had in 2016 under Jeremy Corbyn.
European drivers to shun Johnson’s visa plea to solve UK petrol crisis
The head of the European Road Haulers Association said drivers enjoyed better pay and working conditions in the EU.
‘Fed up with bad headlines’: Boris demands fix to lorry driver crisis
As the crisis escalates, prime minister reportedly "doesn't care about visa limits any more".
Bolsonaro claims Boris requested ’emergency’ deal for Brazilian turkeys
Brazil's president said Johnson “wants an emergency agreement with us to import some kind of food lacking in England".
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.”
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.