Boris Johnson’s Perugia pantomime: ‘Oh no he wasn’t!’ say some. But ‘Oh yes – he was’
Frequent flyer: but This Site isn’t convinced that this is the way Boris Johnson arrived at Perugia (if, indeed, he did).
Boris Johnson may have thought – briefly – that the heat was off and he could come out in public again after the boss of Perugia airport said there had been a mix-up and it wasn’t the current UK prime minister who was seen there, but former PM Tony Blair.
The possibility of Johnson having been there is significant because it would have indicated that he was visiting the villa of his Russian friend Evgeny Lebedev, at a time when he and the Conservative Party in general are suspected of taking Russian government money and being influenced to carry out the wishes of that country’s President Putin.
So this would have been a significant exoneration…
Perugia airport boss admits his staff mixed up Boris Johnson with Tony Blair https://t.co/6QhUpLqVWe
— Brexit Home (@BrexitHome) September 21, 2020
President of #Perugia airport tells me #BorisJohnson ‘definitely’ did not come through here this month. Says original press release confused him with Tony Blair, who did #perugiagate
— Nick Squires (@NickSquires1) September 21, 2020
… had it not been refuted very quickly (indeed, apparently before the excuse was made):
The airport statement lists them as "…PM Boris Johnson, followed by his predecessor Tony Blair (Ex PM)…"
Whoever made the statement clearly know they're not the same people. pic.twitter.com/s7Df0M7Wv6— SafariSara 🌎🇪🇺 #FBPE (@SafariSara) September 21, 2020
Whilst No 10 deny it, official statement from the International airport at Perugia says it is true.
And that Tony Blair also passed through between 8-11 September.
Has Johnson got himself into such hot water he doesn’t know how to extract himself?
— Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺 (@fascinatorfun) September 20, 2020
Perugia airport statement: "Over the past few days, many names and personalities from the political, sporting and economic world have arrived here. Prada CEO Patrizio Bertelli, British PM Boris Johnson, Tony Blair and footballer Luis Suarez."https://t.co/Rbq9YexKID
— Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) September 20, 2020
Here’s a nice long explanation for you:
BUT there are some pretty inconvenient details. Perugia Airport actually put out a statement on Sept 17 confirming Boris Johnson’s presence at the airport ‘over the past few days’… pic.twitter.com/RrORIZrHP0
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) September 21, 2020
Add in Johnson’s weirdly dodgy central London 20-minute wifi issues on Friday & his cancelled meetings on Monday morning & 🤔 pic.twitter.com/i0BKWLxoFE
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) September 21, 2020
Of course, the Twitter wits have been working overtime and, whether the story is true or not, these comments are worth preserving:
As the President of Perugia airport says the press are mistaken and it was a former Prime Minister who passed through their gates, Tony Blair reveals the results of his Italian hair transplant operation pic.twitter.com/U1vF57gnSD
— HappyToast★ (@IamHappyToast) September 21, 2020
How did anyone mistake Bozo for Tony Blair?
For the Honey Monster, I would understand! pic.twitter.com/5LcnBicxy8
— Marie-Ann Detests Tories 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 (@MarieAnnUK) September 21, 2020
Former British Prime ministers Tony Blair and John Major (2011) pic.twitter.com/QxxgL9fUXe
— Classic Pics (@Classic_picx) September 13, 2020
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