Johnson’s history of absence
Boris Johnson has been criticised by Jeremy Corbyn for being a ‘part-time’ Prime Minister and he has been notable by his complete absence as floods have caused misery for communities around the UK and look set to do so again this weekend.
Katy Balls, who works for the Spectator as written in The Guardian(28.2) that this is a deliberate Tory strategy involving Johnson ignoring the media. Ms Balls might do well to ask around at the Spectator for what Johnson was like when he edited the magazine.
A summary is below and it appears to suggest a pattern of behaviour…
He would habitually not answer his phone, commission articles, turn up to lunches, or meet dignitaries, important advertisers or even his own deadlines.
Johnson as Editor of the Spectator (Sonia Purnell, Just Boris 2012)
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