Boris Johnson Scarfed a Takeaway While His Tory Leadership Rivals Argued About Brexit

Boris Johnson couldn’t choose between two takeaways

Boris Johnson remains front-runner in the Tory leadership race to be the next unelected Prime Minister, despite his inability to maintain journalistic, professional, and relational integrity and proclivity for racist commentary. While his fellow contenders Rory Stewart, Sajid Javid, Dominic Raab, Michael Gove, and Jeremy Hunt slung insults about Brexit at each other on live TV, Boris Johnson was in Camberwell enjoying two takeaways, presumably with girlfriend Carrie Symonds. GDPR of course means that what they ate is a mystery, much like Johnson’s actual strategy for delivering any of the political promises that he has set out. [Daily Mail]

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• Marks and Spencer is launching four more canned cocktails, two months after Diane Abbott broke the internet with one of its mojito tinnies. Expect aperitivo spritzer, cherry spritzer, peach spritzer and a vermouth and tonic. [Independent]