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Stanley Johnson: ‘Of course I’ll go to a pub’

Oh dear. It seems the Prime Minister needs to have a quiet word with his father. 

Stanley Johnson, 79, has decided to wade into yet another national debate, this time telling ITV’s Phillip Schofield: ‘Of course I’ll go to a pub if I need to go to a pub.’ 

Given that his son has warned against all but essential travel, explicitly singling out both pubs and the over-70s in the process, Mr S has got to wonder why on earth Johnson Snr still wants a trip down his local boozer? 

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