BORIS Johnson and his wife Carrie are planning an elegant wedding birthday party at Checkers over the next few weeks, which can be a problem if he is forced to resign with immediate effect.
Many opposition and conservative figures have been upset on Thursday morning following news that the prime minister has accepted his resignation, but plans to remain as party leader until a replacement is elected. October.
This news has fallen like a bucket of cold patients, with Ruth Davidson (who conveniently took Johnson’s nobility) arguing that “there’s no way” she can get over it for a few more months.
“It’s silly to think you can,” he tweeted. “Someone has to take control.”
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Former Boris Johnson adviser Dominic Cummings also wrote on Twitter: “Evict TODAY or it will cause CARNAGE, even now you are playing for time and will try to stay.
“There is no ‘dignity’, no ‘interim leadership contest during’.
“Raab [should] be the provisional PM in the evening “.
Johnson’s determination to stay at number 10 can be well explained by an article in the Evening Standard newspaper, published last week.
“Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie are planning a champagne evening at Checkers to celebrate their first wedding anniversary,” says the writer they’ve heard.
They noted that due to Covid’s restrictions, the couple had to limit their wedding guests to just 30 people, and a No. 10 spokesman promised that “they would celebrate their wedding with family and friends next summer. “.
According to the newspaper: “Now the Johnson’s have sent out invitations to the party to be held in the coming weeks.”
The Sun reports that the event will take place on July 30th.
A source said: “He believes that even after all the criticism Johnson has faced in terms of integrity and probity, one of the reasons he stays is to celebrate his wedding party. to Checkers. The Johnson’s should do the decent thing and find a different place. ”
Meanwhile, an ally of Johnson told The Mirror: “The Prime Minister has a strong sense of duty and will continue to serve his country until there is a new leader solely to continue his obligation to the public.”
But it is difficult to hold an elegant event at the official residence of the Prime Minister if you are not Prime Minister …