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Some Johnson supporters would like him to replicate his mayoralty as prime minister. Kulveer Ranger, who was his transport policy director, said: “Boris has said himself he wants to govern the country as he governed London.” Zahawi’s rise to fortune and political success is an inspiring narrative for his leadership campaign. He was born in Baghdad to Kurdish parents and arrived in the UK at nine, unable to speak English. He said in a speech last year that the UK and its education system “took in a young Kurdish boy without a word of English and made him a cabinet minister”. He grew up near Crowborough in Sussex, and studied chemical engineering at University College London.

The chancellor has followed the process set out in the ministerial code and complied with those requirements to the satisfaction of the previous independent advisers.” In 2019, Johnson was living with Carrie Symonds, the daughter of Matthew Symonds, co-founder of The Independent newspaper. Symonds had worked for the Conservative party since 2009 and worked on Johnson's 2012 campaign to be re-elected as mayor. [845] On 29February 2020, Johnson and Symonds announced they had become engaged in late 2019, and that Symonds was expecting a baby in early summer. [846] Their son, Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson, [847] was born on 29April 2020 at University College Hospital in London. [848] [849] But under the quietly efficient stewardship of the former Conservative council leaders Sir Simon Milton and later Sir Edward Lister as chiefs of staff, the ship was gradually steadied. The mayor could get on with the job of deciding what he wanted his mayoralty to achieve.Johnson declined to describe the Chinese government's treatment of the Uyghur people as "genocide", despite use of the term by the United States. [648] Johnson's government argued that genocide should be decided by the International Criminal Court. [649] Nevertheless, he called what is happening to the Uyghurs in Xinjiang as "utterly abhorrent". [648]

Following the 2017 general election, Johnson denied media reports he intended to challenge May's leadership. [384]Speaking in Northern Ireland, Johnson described himself as a "fervent and passionate unionist". [764] He proposed building a bridge or tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland, but has since scrapped this initiative. [765]

A Foreign Office spokesperson confirmed the news to the Press Association.While still foreign secretary, Hammond last month rejected a call from the House of Commons foreign affairs committee to drop his opposition to use of the rainbow flag.

Asked about Johnson’s leadership, one EU official laughed, but offered a diplomatic take. “It’s not completely my taste to be honest,” the person said, sidestepping to praise the UK diplomatic machine. “One thing that we profit from is that the UK still has one of the best foreign services in the world. It’s pretty difficult to break that up and they [Downing Street] haven’t got round to it yet.” Andrew Boff, a Conservative London assembly member, said: “The first year was dreadful. We had some terrible problems.” A third deputy mayor, Ian Clement, resigned the following year and was later convicted over expenses irregularities. A former Tory insider said: “It was total, total chaos – he upset everyone.” With that scheme finally cancelled, his Routemasters no longer in production owing to cost, his water cannon sold for scrap last year at a huge loss and his cable car being used by four commuters a week, Johnson’s legacy is looking increasingly slight. So what did he actually want to achieve as mayor? Main article: 2019 Conservative Party leadership election The logo used by Johnson's leadership campaign in 2019 In an official response published on 11 July, the Foreign Office said: “The FCO has a very clear policy on flag flying: it is to fly the Union flag at the FCO and all its embassies, high commissions and consulates at all times.

Liz Truss is another keen advocate, being pictured in her office with two flags, one on either side of her desk, even having one positioned behind her during Zoom-based virtual cabinet meetings. Tony Travers, a professor of government at the London School of Economics, who has closely observed successive mayors and advised Johnson on transport policy, said: “The ambition is to be in the office. I’m not sure that once in office, his goal is for well-thought-out objectives and policies.” Zahawi was chief executive and a director of YouGov until 2010, and Balshore Investments disposed of its YouGov shareholdings about eight years later. It is legally permitted to hold assets offshore, but Zahawi is now facing calls for greater transparency.Before the election, Johnson published Johnson's Life of London, a work of popular history that the historian A. N. Wilson characterised as a "coded plea" for votes. [283] In response to the video of Wild questioning Davie, former Conservative MP Anna Soubry tweeted that “the toes of sensible Tories will be curling up to their knees”, but the party she once imagined herself to belong to has, it seems, long gone. The one that has replaced it knows there are votes in such calculated acts of patriotic earnestness, toe-curling or not. It’s extraordinary that flags were raised ahead of Nadhim’s appointment by the Downing Street proprietary team,” one source said this weekend. “These sorts of concerns would stop someone receiving an MBE or OBE. The idea he could be chancellor or even prime minister is unbelievable”. The company said in a statement to the Observer this weekend: “When Nadhim Zahawi was a director of YouGov plc, his beneficial interests in the company included shares held by Balshore Investments Ltd, a family trust of Nadhim Zahawi.” A source close to Zahawi said he “does not have, and never has had, an interest in Balshore Investments and he is not a beneficiary.” In September 2021, Johnson was pictured in a cabinet meeting, with "at least 30 people crammed shoulder-to-shoulder", without anyone wearing masks and with all windows apparently closed, contradicting government advice. [526] Johnson was also photographed without a face mask during a visit to a hospital in November, although images showed that he did wear a mask at some points during his visit. [527]