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Johnson ditches the North in favour of Ukraine

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paddyann54 Fri 17-Jun-22 19:45:36

Hes determined to get his Churchill moment ,dragging us into war wont bother him he'll have a bunker to hide in when we get nuked!

CvD66 Fri 17-Jun-22 19:37:24

Today the PM secretly flew to Ukraine, as, until midday, the Tory faithfuls were expecting him in Doncaster. It was also expected he would boost the campaigning in Wakefield.
Nothing, of course, to do with being left out from leading EU figures in Ukraine yesterday. Nor the need to avoid UK journalists over the ethics minister debacle. Just a regular photo opportunity to claim yet again he is ‘bestie’ with Zalensky - who, let’s face it, is ‘bestie’ with everyone who might help Ukraine!
So actually a complete waste of the taxpayer’s money. The whole thing could have been done via phone call and press release. Instead the PM could have kept his promise to the northern MPs. But keeping promises isn’t his strong suit. Will this let down prove to be ill-judged?