Boris Johnson has sparked outrage for a comment he made that suggested buying a new kettle would save on energy bills.
The outgoing Prime Minister made the remarks while on a visit to the Sizewell nuclear plant, in one of his final speeches as PM before handing over the keys to Number 10 to Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss. But Johnson couldn’t quite make it through the trip without once again causing offence.
“If you have an old kettle that takes ages to boil, it may cost you £20 to replace it,” he said at one point during his speech. “But if you get a new one, you’ll save ten pounds a year every year on your electricity bill.”
