There’s a lot hypothesis (and conspiracy idea) about why Boris Johnson selected at this time to announce that he’s turning into a father for the s
There’s a lot hypothesis (and conspiracy idea) about why Boris Johnson selected at this time to announce that he’s turning into a father for the sixth time. Was it to get the resignation of Sir Philip Rutnam off the entrance pages?
However to many in Westminster, the true query is how they’ve stored it quiet for therefore lengthy. Rumours have been circulating for a while fuelled by Carrie Symonds’s decreased profile and a collection of clues for individuals who had been trying. When the couple selected to soak up the recess week from the extra discreet Chevening reasonably than Chequers, it was learn in some quarters as a pregnancy-related determination.
Then when Symonds didn’t accompany Boris to the Black and White Ball on Tuesday – a Tory fundraiser the place she would have been feted – it was taken as near-confirmation of the being pregnant rumours. She didn’t pull out on the final minute: she was by no means attributable to arrive. What firmer proof might you want? Some variations of this even started to flow into on social media.
By Wednesday, the hearsay of her being pregnant was being mentioned all through Westminster. By Thursday, these rumours had been reported as truth. She’s not precisely a recluse: she has sufficient associates who would have been unable to answer the (many) journalists searching for the news.
Somewhat than face a day of Sunday papers working cryptic articles and pictures of Symonds trying curvier than typical with the caption ‘You’re trying swell, Carrie’ or an analogous trace, No. 10 has confirmed the information. It doesn’t harm that the announcement has bumped the resignation of Rutnam as Dwelling Workplace everlasting secretary down the information agenda.
Bets will now be on for child names: Mr S received’t be placing any cash on ‘Sixtus’.