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Rumour Boris Johnson Nominated Father for Knighthood Sparks Twitstorm
Rumour Boris Johnson Nominated Father for Knighthood Sparks Twitstorm
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The famous BoJo mojo survived multiple scandals around the former PM, including an extra-marital affair with an adviser at London City Hall and after-hours partying by staff at Number 10 during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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The Twittersphere i reportedly outraged by rumors that former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has nominated his father Stanley for a knighthood.A broadsheet daily newspaper reported on Monday that author and environmental activist Stanley Johnson's name had been put forward for the list.The report was not confirmed by his son's spokesman, who merely said: "We don't comment on honors."Opposition Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer, who Johnson ridiculed every week at Prime Minister's Questions in Parliament, called the report "outrageous."Johnson was previously accused of nepotism when he recommended his younger brother Jo for a peerage in the 2019 honors list after he stepped down as MP for Orpington and a junior minister in his brother's cabinet in protest at BoJo's plan to finalize Britain's exit from the European Union. He now sits in the House of Lords as Lord Johnson of Marylebone.Left-wing and liberal Twitter users were quick to vent their rage at Johnson, who remains a hate-figure to opponents of Brexit.One called him a hypocrite for promoting severe population control after fathering four children, including the famously fecund BoJo.Another pointed to his response in a TV interview to a viewer comparing his son to Pinocchio, saying: "That requires a degree of literacy which I think the Great British public doesn't necessarily have."Some stressed the allegations made against the elder Johnson over the years, including that he beat his first wife Charlotte — the former PM's mother — and that he slapped Tory MP Caroline Noakes on the bottom at the 2003 Conservative Party conference in Blackpool.
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Rumour Boris Johnson Nominated Father for Knighthood Sparks Twitstorm
16:45 GMT 06.03.2023 (Updated: 15:26 GMT 28.05.2023) The famous BoJo mojo survived multiple scandals around the former PM, including an extra-marital affair with an adviser at London City Hall, the mystery of who paid for refurbishments to the official Downing Street flat and after-hours partying by staff at Number 10 during the COVID-19 lockdown.
The Twittersphere i reportedly outraged by rumors that former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has nominated his father Stanley for a knighthood.
A broadsheet daily newspaper reported on Monday that author and environmental activist
Stanley Johnson's name had been put forward for the list.
The report was not confirmed by his son's spokesman, who merely said: "We don't comment on honors."
Opposition Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer, who Johnson ridiculed every week at Prime Minister's Questions in Parliament, called the report "outrageous."
"The idea that Boris Johnson is nominating his dad for a knighthood — you only need to say it to realize just how ridiculous it is," Starmer complained. "It's classic of a man like Johnson. I mean, I think the public will just think this is absolutely outrageous."
Johnson was previously accused of nepotism when he recommended his younger brother Jo for a peerage in the 2019 honors list after he
stepped down as MP for Orpington and a junior minister in his brother's cabinet in protest at BoJo's plan to finalize Britain's exit from the European Union. He now sits in the House of Lords as Lord Johnson of Marylebone.
Left-wing and liberal Twitter users were quick to vent their rage at Johnson, who remains a hate-figure to opponents of Brexit.
One called him a hypocrite for promoting severe population control after fathering four children, including the famously fecund BoJo.
Another pointed to his response in a TV interview to a viewer comparing his son to Pinocchio, saying: "That requires a degree of literacy which I think the Great British public doesn't necessarily have."
30 January 2023, 10:42 GMT
Some stressed the allegations made against the
elder Johnson over the years, including that he beat his first wife Charlotte — the former PM's mother — and that he slapped Tory MP Caroline Noakes on the bottom at the 2003 Conservative Party conference in Blackpool.
