The gentleman referred to the outgoing PM as a “naughty boy” and admitted that “maybe he should kick his legs”, but acknowledged that he “allowed us to escape from the clutches of the European community”.
question moment held this week in Barnsley, with Fiona Bruce chairing the panel, which included Conservative MP for Bishop Auckland Dehenna Davison, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, Daily Telegraph columnist Tim Stanley, former Tony Blair press secretary Alistair Campbell and musician Winston Marshall .
The subject of Boris Johnson’s resignation amid a slew of scandals under his leadership sparked much public reaction, with the gentleman in question trying to defend him.
He said: “I heard Keir Starmer speak passionately about re-entering the common market.
“And yet Boris managed to secure our escape from the EU, and although he’s been a bad boy and everyone knows that, he may need a kick in the leg, I don’t know.
“But he’s a bad boy.
“But the best Boris Johnson has done for our country was to let us escape the clutches of the European community.
“And I will be eternally grateful to you for that.”
Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer announced in a speech Monday evening that his party would not bring the UK back into the customs union or the single market if elected.
He claimed he could be the “honest broker” needed to settle the debate, saying: “We will make protocol work and we will make it the stepping stone to a better deal for the British people.”
Sir Keir admitted, however, that discussions about the internal market, the customs union and the free movement of persons were “arguments of the past”, The Guardian reported.
In his resignation speech, Johnson said he was “hugely proud” of what his government had achieved, from Brexit to the Covid vaccine program.
He said: “And of course I am immensely proud of the achievements of this government, from completing Brexit to managing our relations with the continent for over half a century, and reclaiming power for this country to be its making our own laws in parliament, guiding us through the pandemic, the fastest vaccine roll-out in Europe, the fastest way out of lockdown, and for the past few months leading the West in resisting Putin’s aggression in Ukraine.
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“And now let me say to the Ukrainian people that I know that we in the UK will continue to support your fight for freedom for as long as it takes.
“At the same time, in this country we have pushed forward a massive investment program in infrastructure, skills and technology – the largest in a century.
“Because if I have one insight into man, it is that genius and talent and enthusiasm and imagination are equally distributed among the population.
“But opportunities aren’t, which is why we have to keep leveling, unleashing the potential of every part of the UK. And if we can do that, we will be the most prosperous in Europe in this country.”