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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson Hon FRIBA (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer, and former journalist serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Johnson was Member of Parliament for Henley from 2001 to 2008 and has been MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015. Ideologically, Johnson identifies as a one-nation conservative.
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Tories accused of taking 'political decision' not to be involved in EU ventilator scheme
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dailyrecord.co.ukBoris Johnson has been slammed for putting politics before people after it was claimed Tory ministers took a “political decision” not to take part in an EU-wide scheme to bulk buy medical ventilators.
A top civil servant undermined excuses by UK ministers that they had missed an email at the beginning of the coronaviris pandemic offering them a place in the European scheme for the mass purchase of coronavirus ventilators.
Sir Simon McDonald, the Foreign Office permanent under-secretary, told MPs the offer to take part in the scheme had been put to ministers.
Giving evidence to the Commons Foreign Affairs committee, McDonald said: “It was a political decision. The UK mission (in Brussels) briefed ministers about what was available, what
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