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Johnson condemned the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, [378] comparing the situation with the displacement of Palestinians in 1948. [379] Johnson supported the Turkish invasion of northern Syria aimed at ousting the Syrian Kurds from the enclave of Afrin. [380] Johnson meeting with Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran in December 2017

It was a decision his allies have since argued was unavoidable, given the growing strength of UKIP under Nigel Farage, who had eurosceptics in the Conservative Party terrified. Everything - including his clothes, car and flat - were a mess. But this persona disarmed his rivals, leaving them with their guards down.She plans to use her first vote in the upcoming byelection to vote for Labour. “In this constituency there’s no point in voting for anyone other than Labour if you want to get the Tories out.” A surprise reshuffle resulted in Chancellor Sajid Javid quitting his post rather than accept advisers appointed directly by Number 10. His replacement, Rishi Sunak, was unknown to all but the most focused Westminster-watchers.

She said she was conscious that the colour of her skin and her connections, which enabled her to find good lawyers, might have helped her secure the outcome. Johnson's visit to Turkey from 25to 27September 2016 was somewhat tense because he had won Douglas Murray's offensive poetry competition about the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, four months earlier. [342] When questioned by a journalist whether he would apologise for the poem, Johnson dismissed the matter as "trivia". [343] Johnson pledged to help Turkey join the EU and expressed support for Erdogan's government. [344]In December 2021, more stringent restrictions for England were put forward by Johnson and the government. The restrictions, called "Plan B", were a partial renewal of previous measures due to the increased incidence of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. These proposals included face coverings to be required in more public settings, guidance to work from home wherever possible, and requirements of COVID-19 passports to enter a nightclub or other large venues. [528] The government experienced the largest rebellion of Conservative MPs during Johnson's premiership, in opposition to these measures. [529] [530] Legislative agenda In the months that followed the NHS mounted a mass vaccination programme that would rival most countries in the world, with vaccines approved and rolled out at a pace that even the opposition parties welcomed.

Johnson remained a popular figure in London with a strong celebrity status. [233] In 2009, he rescued Franny Armstrong from anti-social teenagers who had threatened her while he was cycling past them. [234] [235] [236] Policies The New Routemaster bus introduced by Johnson's administration Brooke Montgomery: ‘Boris hasn’t lived here. Boris doesn’t get it.’ Photograph: Andy Hall/The Observer 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". [364] [365] [366] 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". [367] [368] Johnson did not condemn the actions of the Spanish government and police during the outlawed Catalan independence referendum on 1October 2017. [369] Chris Pincher resigned as deputy chief whip, writing to the PM saying he had "drunk far too much" the night before. Eventually Mr Johnson found himself unable to avoid an apology for having attended at least one of those events himself.Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson was born on 19 June 1964 in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, [20] [21] to 23-year-old Stanley Johnson, then studying economics at Columbia University, [22] and 22-year-old Charlotte Fawcett, [23] an artist from a family of liberal intellectuals. His birth in the US, a country with jus soli, makes him one of only two British Prime Ministers to have been an American citizen, along with Winston Churchill. [24] [25] Johnson's parents had married in 1963 before moving to the United States. [26] They returned to the UK in September 1964, so that Charlotte could study at the University of Oxford. [27] During this time she lived with her son in Summertown, a suburb of Oxford, and in September 1965 she gave birth to a daughter, Rachel. [28] In July 1965, the family moved to Crouch End in North London, [29] and in February 1966 they relocated to Washington, DC, where Stanley had gained employment with the World Bank. [30] Stanley then took a job with a policy panel on population control, and moved the family to Norwalk, Connecticut, in June. [31] A third child, Leo, was born in September 1967. [32] Ashdown House preparatory school, East Sussex, attended by Johnson from 1975 to 1977 Her partner, Emmanuel-James Alo, 21, a project manager, said: “I don’t think he was doing much for us.” He added: “Jeremy Corbyn, that’s who people want.”