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[249] On 2July 2008, the Mayor's office announced the closure plan was to be abandoned and that offices would remain open. How Dominic Cummings put Barnard Castle on the map", "No 10 'chaos' as 'defiant' PM defends Cummings", "Why Is the U.K. in an Uproar Over a Boris Johnson Adviser's COVID Road Trip? The Prime Minister famously has a huge family - he is. It's a very, very good thought." [16][17][18], Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson was born on 19June 1964 in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City,[19][20] to 23-year-old Stanley Johnson, then studying economics at Columbia University,[21] and 22-year-old Charlotte Fawcett,[22] an artist from a family of liberal intellectuals. The pact was denounced by China[671] and caused a French backlash, as it usurped existing plans for Australia to procure French submarines. He previously served as Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and as Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. [518] NHS workers successfully ensured that half of UK adults had received at least their first vaccine dose by 20March 2021. [127] In 1999, he was also given a column reviewing new cars in the magazine GQ. This made Johnson the second prime minister to be born outside the British Isles, after fellow Conservative Bonar Law, and the first to be born outside British territories. [545] During Prime Minister's Questions, the leader of the opposition, Keir Starmer, asked: "Who initially paid for the redecoration of his Downing Street flat? [458]), On 5September 2019, Johnson's brother Jo Johnson resigned from the government and announced that he would step down as MP, describing his position as "torn between family and national interest". [648] In 2021, the UK government under Johnson's leadership announced plans to cut carbon emissions by 78% by 2035. [116], Back in London, Hastings turned down Johnson's request to become a war reporter,[117] instead promoting him to the position of assistant editor and chief political columnist. [361], In September 2017, he was criticised for reciting lines from Rudyard Kipling's poem Mandalay while visiting a Myanmar temple; the British ambassador, who was with him, suggested it was "not appropriate". [303] The vehicles proved unsellable and were eventually sold for scrap in 2018 at a 300,000 loss. He was re-elected mayor in 2012. Johnson initially called the claims "an inverted pyramid of piffle". Under the influence of this milieu and of his wife, Johnson moved in a more liberal direction on issues like climate change, LGBT rights and race relations. [556], In November 2021, Johnson backed a motion to block the suspension of Owen Paterson, a Conservative MP found to have abused his position by the independent standards commissioner after undertaking paid lobbying on behalf of two companies. 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[666], On 3June 2020, Johnson announced that if China were to continue pursuing the Hong Kong national security law, the UK would offer 350,000 Hong Kong residents who are British National (Overseas) passport holders, and 2.6million other eligible individuals, the chance to move to the UK, with the possibility of later applying for citizenship. Johnson's stepmother, Jenny, the second wife of his father Stanley, is the stepdaughter of Teddy Sieff, the former chairman of Marks & Spencer. [262] Johnson resigned as MPA chairman in January 2010,[254] but throughout his mayoralty was highly supportive of the Metropolitan Police, particularly during the controversy surrounding the death of Ian Tomlinson. [71] Alongside Guppy, he co-edited the university's satirical magazine Tributary. [481][482] Johnson's public communication over the virus and the UK's test and trace system have also been criticised. Procurement of government contracts for key COVID-19 supplies and measures has become less transparent as a result of emergency measures which have bypassed the usual competitive tendering process. 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[746] In 2019, Johnson said he would take Britain out of the EU on 31October whether there was a trade deal in place or not. [400] A victim, anti-abuse organisations, a police chief and Shadow police minister Louise Haigh strongly criticised this. [369][370] Following the March 2018 poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury, an act which the UK government blamed on Russia,[371][372] Johnson compared Vladimir Putin's hosting of the World Cup in Russia to Adolf Hitler's hosting of the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936. [625], Johnson allegedly referred to Pincher as "handsy" and Cummings said Johnson joked about him being "Pincher by name, pincher by nature" in 2020, leading to calls for Johnson to explain how much he knew about Pincher's behaviour. 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After he became Prime Minister, Johnson re-opened Brexit negotiations and in early September controversially prorogued Parliament; with the Supreme Court later that month ruling the action as unlawful. He. [569] At the time, people outdoors were not allowed to meet more than one person from outside their household. [335][336] A number of diplomats, FCO staff and foreign ministers who worked with Johnson compared his leadership unfavourably to previous foreign secretaries for his perceived lack of conviction or substantive positions on British foreign policy issues. [241][242] Despite Johnson's support of cycling in London, and his much-publicised identity as a cyclist, some cycling groups who argued he had failed to make the city's roads safer for cyclists criticised his administration. Moscow has responded . [375], Johnson condemned the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar,[376] comparing the situation with the displacement of Palestinians in 1948. The White House had nothing to say Sunday morning after former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was caught making a rude and dismissive remark about the US during discussions The former prime minister was speaking with his former Lord Chancellor Sir Robert Buckland when he made the remark in . He later expressed regret that the protester held differing views to his on alcohol. The release of the full report was delayed pending the Metropolitan Police's investigation. [497] After a fortnight at Chequers, he returned to Downing Street on 26April and was said to be chairing a government COVID-19 "war cabinet" meeting. Satilmis Karatekin, a distant cousin, said the village would look forward to hosting Johnson in the near future. [567][568], On 10 January 2022, ITV News reported that a planned party had taken place on 20 May 2020, during the first lockdown. [470] Throughout December 2020, COVID-19 cases across the UK rose significantly, putting additional strain on emergency services and hospitals[513][514] as the Alpha variant spread widely. [576] There were immediate calls across the House for Johnson to resign, voiced mainly by the leaders of the opposition parties. Mary Raper (c1816-) 40. [286][287] Johnson was accused of covering up pollution ahead of the games by deploying dust suppressants to remove air particulates near monitoring stations. [797] Johnson's weight has fluctuated throughout his career; he was considered obese in 2018 and overweight in 2020, and has spoken of making efforts to lose weight. [435][436][437], When parliament resumed on 3September 2019, Johnson indicated he would call a general election under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act after opposition and rebel Conservative MPs successfully voted against the government to take control of the order of business to prevent a no-deal exit. [176][177], In November 2004, tabloids revealed that since 2000 Johnson had been having an affair with Spectator columnist Petronella Wyatt, resulting in two terminated pregnancies. [172] Johnson had a strained relationship with Duncan Smith, and The Spectator became critical of his party leadership. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022. ITV had obtained an email sent by principal private secretary Martin Reynolds to staff inviting them to "socially distanced drinks" in the garden of No. 10 and asking them to "bring your own booze". [93] He wrote articles about euromyths such as the EU wanting to ban prawn cocktail crisps and British sausages, and to standardise condom sizes because Italians had smaller penises. [439] His motion was unsuccessful as it failed to command the support of two-thirds of the House. [478] Reuters has reported that scientists are critical of Johnson both for acting too slowly to stop the spread of COVID-19 and for mishandling the government's response measures,[479] and Politico quoted Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty as saying that an earlier initial lockdown would have significantly lowered the death toll. [603][604] Death threats sent to Starmer following this episode were later investigated by the police. Filed July 19, 2019, 9 a.m. GMT. [572], On 12 January 2022, Johnson apologised to MPs in the Commons for "attending an event in the Downing Street garden during the first lockdown",[573][574] stating he believed it was "a work event". [362][363][364] In October 2017, he faced criticism for stating the Libyan city of Sirte could become an economic success like Dubai: "all they have to do is clear the dead bodies away". [679][680] On 16October 2020 Johnson said that the UK "must get ready" for no trade deal with the EU. 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