Time.news – New storm over the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, who fell in the eye of the storm after it was discovered that his private mobile number has been circulating on the Internet for 15 years, raising fears for national security.
The leader of the Tories is already in trouble for the renovations of the Downing Street residence that cost an arm and a leg and ended up in the dock, thanks also to the tips of his former right-hand man, Dominic Cummings. Criticism has also been raised over the messages he exchanged last year with industrialist James Dyson and Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman.
Johnson’s cell phone number was included in a press release in 2006 when he was still an opposition MP, and since then he seems to have never changed it, even though it is now off, with the answering machine on.
British ministers receive a telephone for employment matters and directions from intelligence on how to secure their communications. Johnson’s ‘relaxed’ way of giving his number to politicians, tycoons, and foreign leaders he had already raised concerns in senior administration officials who advised him to change him.
Despite the controversy that has engulfed the conservative premier, according to the latest YouGov poll, the Tories continue to maintain a strong detachment on the Labor opposition, 44 to 33
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