Top stories of the week 23 June
Contenders in the Conservative Leadership race were dubbed the worst boy band ever as the Press slammed 5 out of touch Tories. The Press noted that the promises were becoming wilder and more unrealistic and the facts contenders were spouting were becoming further and further removed from the truth. It’s down to two now, Hunt or Johnson.
The Conservative Party hit new lows this week when its approach to both violence against women and the climate emergency were revealed in the worst possible way. Police were called the flat shared by Boris Johnson and his lover Carrie Symonds. A neighbour recorded the violent argument between the two with screaming and smashing plates. Johnson then continued to dodge Press questions on the topic.
Continuing the Conservative theme of violence and abuse aimed at women, Conservative Minister Mark Field was suspended for physically assaulting a female Greenpeace protestor. In what quite frankly was an embarrassing and puerile excuse, Field said he thought she was armed despite being in an event with the highest security and the woman in an evening dress where disguising a weapon would be almost impossible. So another Conservative MP telling the truth.
