Out to bat for the government this morning was Transport Secretary Grant Shapps. The BBC’s Sophie Raworth asked Shapps about Boris Johnson’s St Paul’s visit as part of the Jubilee weekend Friday. As the Prime Minister and his wife ascended the steps to the cathedral, they were met with a chorus of boos from the awaiting crowd. Raworth asked Shapps for his reaction:
PM would win a vote of confidence
Raworth questioned what the personal unpopularity of the Prime Minister might mean, firstly for the upcoming by-elections in Tiverton and Wakefield, and secondly, if that could mean a vote of confidence was on the cards:
Holidays ‘absolutely mustn’t’ be ruined by travel chaos
Raworth also quizzed Shapps about the recent cancellations being seen at airports up and down the country and what the government was planning to do about it:
Raworth later spoke to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.
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