Boris is joined by Carrie, baby daughter Romy and Dilyn the dog as he holds Christmas Day conference calls with NHS ‘vaccine heroes’ – ahead of crunch decision on more UK Covid restrictions on Monday
- Boris Johnson hopped onto Zoom with his wife Carrie, their two young children, and their dog Dilyn
- The Prime Minister and Mrs Johnson was pictured sitting next to their scruffy dog in Chequers
- Mr Johnson addressed health staff including Dr Laura Mount director of Central and West Warrington
- His authority has come under serious challenge in recent weeks over a number of political scandals
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Boris Johnson hopped onto Zoom for video calls with his wife Carrie, their two young children, and their dog Dilyn, in photos released by Downing Street on Christmas Day.
The Prime Minister and Mrs Johnson were pictured sitting on a sofa next to their scruffy dog in a living room in Chequers, Mr Johnson’s official country residence, speaking to NHS vaccination ‘heroes’ administering millions of Covid booster jabs.
Mr Johnson addressed health staff including Dr Laura Mount director of Central and West Warrington while his wife Carrie wore a Christmas jumper and held their newborn ‘rainbow’ daughter Romy, Wilf’s baby sister.
They were surrounded by family decorations including Christmas cards, a homemade sign which read ‘Wilf and Romy’, and what appeared to be children’s art.
The Prime Minister’s authority has come under serious challenge among backbenchers and Cabinet colleagues over a number of scandals. Mr Johnson’s key ally Lord Frost sensationally quit the Government last week, apparently in opposition to fresh Covid restrictions imposed in response to Omicron.
Tory MPs have also criticised him for rolling out curbs including compulsory facemasks and Covid passes, which they argue threatens personal liberty and damage the economy, as well as his handling of the Owen Paterson lobbying furore.
The Government is also fighting allegations that a number of parties were held in Downing Street and Whitehall which broke Covid rules.
Boris Johnson hopped onto Zoom for video calls with his wife Carrie, their two young children, and their dog Dilyn, in photos released by Downing Street on Christmas Day
The Prime Minister and Mrs Johnson were pictured sitting on a sofa next to their scruffy dog in a living room in Chequers
The front page of The Sunday Mirror featuring an image of a screen with Prime Minister Boris Johnson sitting in front of a laptop in the library of 10 Downing Street in London
Last week, Mr Johnson insisted that a photo of a gathering in the No10 garden – where staff were seen eating cheese and drinking wine – taken in May 2020 showed people ‘working’.
Another photo, obtained by the Sunday Mirror, showed the Prime Minister hosting a Christmas quiz in Downing Street last winter. He was flanked by colleagues, one draped in tinsel and another wearing a Santa hat, in the No10 library. A source claimed many staff were huddled by computers in their Downing Street offices, conferring on questions and drinking alcohol while the quiz was taking place.
Pundits speculated that the series of scandals caused the Tory defeat at the North Shropshire by-election earlier this month.
Today, MailOnline can reveal that a sixth of adults in the UK would like to see Mr Johnson deposed.
A poll found broad support for the Tories getting rid of Mr Johnson as leader, with a quarter backing the idea and another 35 per cent saying they felt ‘strongly’ it was the right thing.
Mr Johnson addressed health staff including Dr Laura Mount director of Central and West Warrington while his wife Carrie wore a Christmas jumper and held their newborn ‘rainbow’ daughter Romy, Wilf’s baby sister
They were surrounded by family decorations including Christmas cards, a homemade sign which read ‘Wilf and Romy’, and what appeared to be children’s art
In a particularly bad sign for the Prime Minister, more than half of Conservative voters from his 2019 landslide victory want him gone, with 26 per cent strongly in favour.
The research by Redfield & Wilton Strategies suggest that Chancellor Rishi Sunak would be the preferred replacement in No10.
Some 29 per cent thought he would be better and a further 14 per cent saw him as a ‘significant’ upgrade.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was seen as an improvement by 48 per cent, while 25 per cent believed he would be worse.
Asked to pick a new Tory leader from a range of potential candidates, a third of the party’s supporters plumped for the Chancellor. Just nine per cent chose Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.
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