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British tabloid The Mirror reports:
Boris Johnson has flown to the US to speak to an almost empty room at the Republican National Convention. Humiliating photos obtained by the Mirror show the former Prime Minister addressing rows of unfilled seats in a hotel ballroom in Milwaukee. Mr Johnson has been scrambling to stay in the spotlight with speeches, newspaper columns and a looming memoir since quitting in disgrace as an MP following the Partygate scandal.
The ex-PM spoke on a panel about the UK and US elections alongside Kellyanne Conway, who served as a White House adviser and now hosts a Fox News show. The pair sat in white armchairs flanked by UK and US flags, with a backdrop promoting Vapor Technology Association, an American lobbying organisation for vapes. Just a few dozen people came to see Mr Johnson speak at the Pfister hotel despite more than 50,000 people due in Milwaukee for the convention,
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Emily Maitlis, “The Republican National Convention seems to be where former celebrities come to reinvigorate their fallen celebrity status.. Boris Johnson who spoke yesterday to an absolutely empty room.. We couldn’t believe the pictures, we were expecting it to fill up” #RNC2024… pic.twitter.com/Peh5gupGDT
— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) July 16, 2024
People are circulating this photo of Boris speaking to an empty room at a US convention, in an attempt to humiliate him. But the last laugh is on them, those empty seats are for his kids. pic.twitter.com/GPDpI6suTt
— Mark Francewanker (@FlyOnNo10Wall) July 16, 2024