BORIS Johnson has jetted off for a week-long holiday in the south of Spain.
As the UK contends with fuel, food and gas shortages – and millions of families face being plunged into poverty after having their benefits cut – the Prime Minister has decided its time for some R and R in a “luxury villa” near Marbella.
Downing Street did not deny reports he had travelled to the Costa del Sol, and declined to say whether the Prime Minister was working at No 10 or in Chequers, as is commonplace.
A Spanish police source told the Mirror: “Officially we can't confirm but unofficially he's in a big luxury villa on the border between Marbella and Benahavis.
”We have been made aware that the British prime minister is staying and so we are all being extra vigilant. We know how important he is globally and what a potential target he is so there are extra patrols over the next few days.”
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It is the Tory leader’s second getaway this summer. In August, he was forced to cut short a break in Somerset when the Taliban captured Kabul following the withdrawal of Western troops from Afghanistan.
However, he returned to his break when the last UK troops were evacuated.
In August 2020, the Conservative leader, his then fiancée Carrie Symonds and their son Wilfred visited the Applecross peninsula on Scotland’s west coast.
Johnson was reportedly swept out to sea and “nearly drowned” during the holiday.
Shortly after winning a landslide victory in the 2019 General Election, the Tory chief visited the Caribbean. The trip led to him being brought before the Commons standards committee due to a discrepancy over how it was funded.
Spain, the PM’s current destination, was opened up for unrestricted travel on Monday after the UK’s traffic light system was scrapped. It had previously been on the amber list.
Fully vaccinated travellers are now only required to take a test on day two after returning to the UK.
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