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Kate Plummer
Dec 13, 2021
Sajid Javid has been roundly roasted today after sucking up to his boss by praising his work ethic.
The nation did a collective spit-take when the health secretary defended Boris Johnson on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme today and claimed the PM “couldn’t be working harder” and doesn’t get “any time to rest”.
He said: “What I see from the prime minister especially since I’ve been back in the government as health secretary is one that is working every minute of the day, literally every minute of the day.
“I don’t think he gets any time to rest whatsoever, totally and utterly focussed on the nation’s challenges but especially I would say over the few weeks with the emergence of this variant thinking about everything we could possibly do to make sure that we stay ahead in the race against this virus.
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“That’s what I see and that’s what I think the nation saw from the prime minister yesterday that he couldn’t be working harder to secure the future of this country.”
Reacting to his claims, the nation said that is not what they saw from the prime minister, as they pointed out his various holidays, power naps, and scandals from the last few months:
@PoliticsForAlI Yeah parties are exhausting sometimes you need some rest 💔— Omar (@Omar) 1639384121
@PoliticsForAlI Three holidays this year already— Graeme Bandeira (@Graeme Bandeira) 1639386165
@PoliticsForAlI Here he is, hard at work in the Costa de sol https://t.co/0D6jbXnMIM— Ste G (@Ste G) 1639385116
@PoliticsForAlI Rrrriiight…. https://t.co/da32nnz4wl— Buck Frexit! 🇪🇺💙🌍 #FBPE #GTTO ElectoralReform (@Buck Frexit! 🇪🇺💙🌍 #FBPE #GTTO ElectoralReform) 1639385678
@AdamBienkov We EXPECT our PM to be working as hard as possible during a pandemic. That should be a given. He has t… https://t.co/Ohup0PixAz— Steve Harris (@Steve Harris) 1639384894
@AdamBienkov Dressing up all the time can be so exhausting https://t.co/OCQ8HtUG1W— Paul. B Runo Always European #FBPE #JohnsonOut (@Paul. B Runo Always European #FBPE #JohnsonOut) 1639384471
Sajid Javid says Boris Johnson spends every minute on the Covid response. What about his dinners at the Garrick Clu… https://t.co/SXxeiuq6i1— Count Binface (@Count Binface) 1639384178
Breaking electoral commission rules over his expensive new wallpaper, lying to the investigator about it, lying to… https://t.co/fK2sbf98AV— Count Binface (@Count Binface) 1639388962
Trying to dodge his own self-isolation rules, refusing to condemn football fans who boo players for taking the knee… https://t.co/tKppRKp5LG— Count Binface (@Count Binface) 1639389285
Boris Johnson "works literally every minute of the day," says Sajid Javid. https://t.co/vZvxmXMJYz— Adam Bienkov (@Adam Bienkov) 1639391489
Elsewhere on the show, Javid reiterated the government’s plan to speed up the booster jab rollout for people over the age of 18 who have had their second jab at least three months ago. He defended criticism that the jabs should have been rolled out faster weeks ago, and explained why the government wasn’t introducing further restrictions to deal with the variant.
He also appeared on Sky News to discuss the number of omicron cases and deaths and further encourage people to get their jabs.
Busy day then – we wonder if Johnson will return the compliment and praise Javid’s work ethic too?