Watch: Ian Hislop discusses Johnson’s legacy – hint he isn’t very complimentary
Ian Hislop also had a message to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer about his support of unions, and also isn't over the moon about Liz Truss.
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.
Ian Hislop also had a message to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer about his support of unions, and also isn't over the moon about Liz Truss.
In a Commons chamber filled with MPs clothed in black, Mr Johnson described the Queen as ‘the keystone in the vast arch of the British state’.
The donation from JCB chairman Lord Bamford and his wife covered items including flowers, a South African barbecue and an ice cream van.
The one-off gift will help ensure BoJo is fully covered… no matter what position he finds himself in next.
A recall petition has to attract 10 per cent of the registered voters to sign a petition at a designated centre to force the former PM out.
"There is an acceptance among senior Tory strategists that he could lose his Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat."
At least he stayed on-brand.
"It's a deeply unpleasant propaganda video and bears no relation to reality", Margaret Thatcher's former aide wailed.
The departing prime minister’s customary award of peerages is likely to provoke controversy, with even his dad mentioned.
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