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For a story like this, you would expect to wake up to pictures of a bleary-eyed Johnson being interviewed on his doorstep – or at least reporters camped outside his house.
This morning, however, we haven’t seen that.
One theory as to why that might be, says the Daily Telegraph’s Christopher Hope, is because Johnson is not actually in the UK, or even Europe.
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Government whips were given no notice of Boris Johnson’s decision to resign.
I understand the former PM is in Africa, and not in the UK.
— Christopher Hope📝 (@christopherhope) June 9, 2023Updated at 05.19 EDT29m ago04.59 EDTJohnson treated public with contempt, Starmer tells Labour members
The Labour party has wasted no time this morning in using the imminent byelection in Uxbridge and South Ruislip as a prompt for asking supporters for donations.
In an email to supporters, Keir Starmer writes:
[Boris Johnson] believed himself to be above the law. He treated the British public with contempt, partying while the nation grieved.
Labour now has an opportunity to deliver a historic victory. One that will send a real message about the sort of country we want to see, where decency and respect in our politics matters.
Rishi Sunak knows this moment is critical and will throw everything at it. We cannot let the Tories outspend us. They cannot have that advantage.
Victory in this contest is a vital step towards the next Labour government.
Updated at 05.04 EDT43m ago04.45 EDTJohnson’s lack of apology ‘very Trumpian’, says former spokesman
We’ve got a bit more from Will Walden, former adviser to Boris Johnson, who earlier said he did not think it was the end for him politically.
He has since added that his old boss’s refusal to take responsibility for his actions is similar to the behaviour of Donald Trump.
He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme:
It feels to me he is angry and he is convinced by his own truth and his own righteousness.
There’s no apology, no taking responsibility. It all feels very Trumpian.
I think a large part of him actually believes that he really…
2023-06-10 04:04:44
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