Ridicule of Boris Johnson over partygate extends across the world
‘Even the schoolchildren are laughing at him’: Ridicule of Boris Johnson over partygate extends across the world as foreign media point out he’s ‘spent his life breaking the rules… but now his luck may be running out’
Newspapers and TV channels around the world have ripped into Boris JohnsonThe fallout of the Partygate scandal has extended far beyond British shoresSome foreign media said the PM had spent ‘a lifetime breaking the rules’While others skipped straight to listing and reviewing his potential successors Johnson jetted to Ukraine this morning to hold talks over the ongoing tension But the PM cancelled a call yesterday with Putin amid Partygate fallout
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The ridicule of Boris Johnson over the Partygate scandal extended far beyond this island’s shores as news outlets around the world ripped into the Prime Minister.
It comes as a slew of Tory MPs, including former Prime Minister Theresa May, publicly decried Johnson’s behaviour last night, accusing him of running No10 like a ‘medieval court’ and issuing a stark warning about the possibility of a party coup.
The Prime Minister sheepishly apologised to MPs during the brutal Commons session after senior official Sue Gray found ‘failures of leadership and judgment’ facilitated the Downing Street gatherings which broke Covid restrictions in 2020 and 2021.
Johnson may have hoped to escape the fallout today as he jetted off for Ukraine this morning, but the Prime Minister would likely have to travel to parts unknown to avoid seeing a mention of his tenuous leadership.
These are some of the reactions from the world’s media as they hammered the troubled Prime Minister.
Johnson may have hoped to escape the fallout – if only for a day – as he jetted off for Ukraine this morning, still recovering from last night’s two-hour-long drubbing in the House of Commons
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson boards an aircraft on his way to Kyiv, Ukraine, in London Tuesday Feb. 1, 2022
Spanish daily El Pais saw fit to plaster an image of Johnson clad in hi-vis and maniacally driving a forklift on today’s front page with the headline ‘Report on parties deals another blow to Johnson: The report on gatherings held amid the pandemic condemns alcohol consumption’, while their online reporters noted that Johnson ‘apologised for the scandal but has avoided taking action’.
Other Spanish papers took an even more direct approach, with business daily Expansión running a feature entitled ‘Goodbye, Boris’, while El Mundo’s inside headline read: ‘Little leadership and much beer’ and also opted for the unflattering forklift shot.
La Repubblica, a leading Italian paper, declared that ‘Boris now risks his career for the alcoholic parties during lockdown’, and claimed the PM ‘has officially entered his darkest hour’, while Corriere della Sera said that Johnson ‘had spent a lifetime breaking the rules’ and questioned whether he would be able to save himself this time.
Spanish daily El Pais saw fit to plaster an image of Boris Johnson maniacally driving a forklift on today’s front page with the headline ‘Report on parties deals another blow to Johnson: The report on gatherings held amid the pandemic condemns alcohol consumption’, while their online reporters noted that Johnson ‘apologised for the scandal but has avoided taking action’
Italian paper Corriere della Sera said that Johnson ‘had spent a lifetime breaking the rules’ and questioned whether he would be able to save himself this time
Just across the Channel, the French press were equally as savage. The London correspondent for French daily Libération wrote ‘It’s no longer party time for Boris Johnson’, before tearing into the Prime Minister’s obnoxious behavior over the course of his premiership.
‘Gone are the days of arrogant victories and repungnant slogans. Two and a half years after his election as head of the United Kingdom, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is up against the wall. The party is over, the jokes too.’
Even France’s most well-read conservative newspaper Le Figaro made no bones about the Partygate scandal, highlighting Sue Gray’s findings of ‘excessive alcohol consumption’ and stressing that its contents were ‘stark’, even in the absence of considerable detail.
Just across the Channel, the French press were equally as savage. The London correspondent for French daily Libération wrote ‘It’s no longer party time for Boris Johnson’, before tearing into the Prime Minister’s obnoxious behavior over the course of his premiership
German tabloid Bild chose to focus on the Prime Minister’s half-hearted apology in the Commons yesterday in which he said he would ‘fix’ the situation but provided no explanation as to how
In Norway meanwhile, the nation’s most well-read online publication Verdens Gang (VG) bypassed a review of the Partygate scandal and skipped straight to choosing Johnson’s replacement. ‘Here are his most likely successors,’ the headline read
German tabloid Bild chose to focus on the Prime Minister’s half-hearted apology in the Commons yesterday in which he said he would ‘fix’ the situation but provided no explanation as to how.
Bild’s led with a headline of ‘Boris’ faint ”sorry!” before zeroing in with ‘for him, it seems, a faint “sorry” is all that follows from the devastating preliminary investigation into his banned corona parties. Johnson’s speech had begun as if it were his last in the British Parliament.’
In Norway meanwhile, the nation’s most well-read online publication Verdens Gang (VG) bypassed a review of the Partygate scandal and skipped straight to choosing Johnson’s replacement.
‘Many are calling for Boris Johnson’s resignation – here are his possible successors’, the headline read.
Again, Boris in hi-vis seemed to be the preferred image to illustrate his bumbling persona amid the fallout.
Moving further afield, the Russian media were among the most critical of the PM, focusing on Johnson’s postponement of a scheduled phonecall with Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday.
Johnson was set to speak with Putin to discuss the tension in Ukraine, but ultimately snubbed the Russian strongman as he scrambled to deal with the domestic catastrophe in the wake of Sue Gray’s preliminary report.
Russia’s news channel NTV revelled in the Prime Minister’s discomfort, branding him ‘the most disliked, disrespected and ridiculed character in Britain’ who was ‘completely under the control and heel of his young wife’ Carrie.
NTV’s London correspondent went on to declare the Partygate report would have ended up in the ‘Victorian sewers’ of the capital if it were up to the PM, and said that ‘even schoolchildren are laughing at him.’
RIA Novosti reported Johnson’s colleagues had admonished his decision to postpone the phonecall with Putin, while other media speculated that the Prime Minister was leveraging the crisis in Ukraine to deflect from his poor conduct at home.
Several Russian TV channels were mocking Boris Johnson yesterday ahead of his planned trip to Ukraine today. NTV branded him ‘the most disliked, disrespected and ridiculed character in Britain’
RIA Novosti reported Johnson’s colleagues had admonished his decision to postpone the phone call with Putin, while other media speculated that the Prime Minister was leveraging the crisis in Ukraine to deflect from his poor conduct at home
