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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Mikey Smith & Rachel Wearmouth

Glum Boris Johnson hid no confidence call from aides throughout awkward Jubilee pageant

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee saw millions of Brits grasp the chance to bask in the sunshine and toast the long reign of their beloved Monarch.

But for Boris Johnson, the bank holiday was a festival of humiliation as the PM - once the 'Heineken Tory' able to win with Red Wall Brexiteers and liberal Londoners alike - faced cold public anger, national ridicule and a plot to oust him from power.

The first signs that Partygate would rain on his parade came as he and wife Carrie pulled up at St Paul's Cathedral for the Queen's thanksgiving service, waving at the crowds who greeted him with a chorus of boos.

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