Boris Johnson missed a COBRA meeting to host a party and we’re shocked – SHOCKED we tell you
The UK is currently under a very rare red weather warning – even more unusual because it’s in place due to high temperatures.
Unprecedented dangerously high temperatures by day and night next week. pic.twitter.com/E2Hosv4vJG
— Met Office (@metoffice) July 15, 2022
It is NOT our normal summer.
It is NOT the same as 1976.
It is NOT something we can easily cope with in the UK.
Our homes and infrastructure are not geared up for this.
It IS extreme.
It IS life-threatening.
Listen to your bodies #UKHeatwave. Here’s our @weathertrending guide: pic.twitter.com/gmxhJarTUH— weathertrending (@weathertrending) July 15, 2022
On Saturday afternoon, the government held a COBRA meeting to discuss the emergency. Well, most of the government held a COBRA meeting to discuss the emergency, because Boris Johnson had other priorities.
Boris Johnson misses emergency Cobra meeting on UK heatwave in order to hold party for friends and family at Chequers https://t.co/9bDhWVY82H
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) July 16, 2022
There had been uproar against Boris and Carrie Johnson’s intention to hold a belated wedding reception at Chequers, leading them to cancel it and seek an alternative venue, but Saturday’s party wasn’t that – it was a different party. Pure coincidence.
from Phoebe Waller Bridge GIFs via Gfycat
Tweeters weren’t surprised, and they also weren’t prepared to let it slide. These reactions reveal people’s thoughts on this latest Johnson dereliction of duty.
1.
cool, cool. Another party. Everything's fine, people did a great job voting him in. https://t.co/yfZKmOKjPi
— Danny Wallace (@dannywallace) July 16, 2022
2.
I must be misunderstanding this. Having been shamed out of holding a big wedding party at Chequers for all his friends, he’s now holding a big farewell party at Chequers for all his friends?
— Sean Jones QC (@seanjonesqc) July 16, 2022
3.
Boris Johnson’s resignation speech, 7th July: ‘I want you to know that from now until the new Prime Minister is in place, your interests will be served and the government of the country will be carried on’
Boris Johnson, 16th July: pic.twitter.com/YvKgjtGqBh
— Toby Earle 🇺🇦 Threads tobyontv (@TobyonTV) July 16, 2022
4.
I take my duties as caretaker PM very seriously. Today, for example, I am having a massive party at Chequers instead of attending a Cobra meeting about the heatwave.#heatwave
— Parody Rishi Sunak (@Parody_PM) July 16, 2022
5.
The Prime Minister of our country missing an emergency Cobra meeting as the country faces a potential crisis to host a party so he can find his next job is just so Johnson. The worst PM in British history yet again puts himself first not the country.
— Adil Ray OBE (@adilray) July 17, 2022
6.
Politics is about choices.
Boris Johnson had the choice between chairing a meeting to work out how to protect lives in record hot weather and hosting a party for his mates.
He chose the party.
Anyone still think he was ever fit to be Prime Minister?— Bill Esterson (@Bill_Esterson) July 16, 2022
7.
If he still can’t take the responsibility of the job, he should leave right now.#COBRAhttps://t.co/X8ppdzqWkk
— Angela Rayner (@AngelaRayner) July 16, 2022