OK... So I have read the self-styled 'hugely significant' revelations in the Mirror so that you don't have to.
Highlights in the thread below. 1/10
But just in case you want to have a read yourselves, the link is here:
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
Highlights in the thread below. 1/10
But just in case you want to have a read yourselves, the link is here:
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
The purported huge significance attaches to possible breaches of the Nolan Principles.
ICYMI, there are already a huge number of examples of breaches by Johnson and his Cabinet colleagues in the public domain. People don't care. 2/
ICYMI, there are already a huge number of examples of breaches by Johnson and his Cabinet colleagues in the public domain. People don't care. 2/
But perhaps they do care about the details of the tryst. That, for better or worse, is where the article puts its focus.
It seeks to make a lot of the bond which Jennifer had with Boris (or should that be 'Alexander the Great'). Some examples... 3/
It seeks to make a lot of the bond which Jennifer had with Boris (or should that be 'Alexander the Great'). Some examples... 3/
She first met him in 2011.
She says: 'He entered the room, his hair all dishevelled. That’s when I saw the first real magic of Boris Johnson.'
She says that there was an immediate attraction on both sides - physical and intellectual. 4/
She says: 'He entered the room, his hair all dishevelled. That’s when I saw the first real magic of Boris Johnson.'
She says that there was an immediate attraction on both sides - physical and intellectual. 4/
She even gives us a flavour of some of the chemistry between the two.
He said, ‘Boris calling Jennifer.’ Then he said, ‘You’re looking well.’ I texted back something like, ‘You’re welcome to look.'
And there's more... 5/
He said, ‘Boris calling Jennifer.’ Then he said, ‘You’re looking well.’ I texted back something like, ‘You’re welcome to look.'
And there's more... 5/
My favourite vignette is not the one where he borrows £3.10 for a drink, or the one about the sock (lost in the throes of passion), or the one about the Union Jack bow in her hair, but instead the one where she talks about the depth of their emotional connection. 6/
This is a direct quote:
'He asked things like where did you come from, what do you want to be? I remember being enchanted with this man.'
Have the love poets been missing a trick all these years? 7/
'He asked things like where did you come from, what do you want to be? I remember being enchanted with this man.'
Have the love poets been missing a trick all these years? 7/
And there's the romantic meal.
'We had red wine, I had a nicoise salad and he had fish and chips and then ate off my plate.'
I think the phrase is 'fill your boots, mate'. 8/
'We had red wine, I had a nicoise salad and he had fish and chips and then ate off my plate.'
I think the phrase is 'fill your boots, mate'. 8/
It is difficult to believe that the love that shone so brightly ended with her calling him a 'cowardly wet noodle', in the UK press, 5 years or so after their affair ended, but I guess the course of true love never did run smooth. 9/
True romantics will be hoping that there may yet be another chapter still to be written. 10/10
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