A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he stands a the dispatch box and speaks in the House of Commons
A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he stands a the dispatch box and speaks in the House of Commons in London. Photo: AFP
Boris Johnson, in his first PMQs, uttered the expletive to describe the main opposition Labour Party’s economic plans, describing them as “shit or bust”. Meanwhile, the prime minister was reprimanded by Speaker John Bercow for using Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s name during one acrimonious back-and-forth.
Dubbed “the MP for the 18th century” for his love of formality and tradition, he looked half-asleep in his double-breasted suit — to the irritation of opposition lawmakers.
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