Boris Johnson's ex-girlfriend claps back at Richard Madeley as she talks to ITV Good Morning Britain about PM's 'endearing' qualities
08.06.2022 - 12:21
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The ex-girlfriend of Boris Johnson has spoken out days after the Prime Minister survived a no confidence vote on Monday (June 6). He will face Parliament on Wednesday (June 8) for the first time since the damaging revolt by Tory MPs.
Although Mr Johnson survived, by 211 votes to 148, critics warned that he had been severely wounded by the scale of the rebellion and could be gone before the end of the year. But backers of the Prime Minister can be expected to stage a noisy show of support when he steps up for his weekly Commons questions.
Meanwhile, Petronella Wyatt has opened up about her former partner and commented on whether he'd survived another general election during an interview on Good Morning Britain.
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The journalist appeared on the ITV news programme to talks to hosts Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley during today's show (Wednesday). She told the presenting pair: "He’s very much a people pleaser, which leads to all sorts of problems in government because he makes promises he can’t keep, he makes enemies of MPs. While you can do that in your personal life, it catches up with you in politics."
But one line of questioning caused a bit of tension between guest and host as Richard wondered if she'd get back together with the PM if they were both single. Richard asked: "If he wasn’t married, if he was single, and if you weren’t going out with anyone, could you see yourselves getting back together?"
"I’m not going to answer that," Petronella clapped back. "I could be engaged, I could… I’m not going to answer that," she added with a laugh. Richard then said: “You don’t have to answer it," before he pressed: