Sajid Javid has been roundly roasted today after sucking up to his boss by praising his work ethic.
The nation did a collective spit-take when the health secretary defended Boris Johnson on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme today and claimed the PM “couldn’t be working harder” and doesn’t get “any time to rest”.
He said: “What I see from the prime minister especially since I’ve been back in the government as health secretary is one that is working every minute of the day, literally every minute of the day.
“I don’t think he gets any time to rest whatsoever, totally and utterly focussed on the nation’s challenges but especially I would say over the few weeks with the emergence of this variant thinking about everything we could possibly do to make sure that we stay ahead in the race against this virus.
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“That’s what I see and that’s what I think the nation saw from the prime minister yesterday that he couldn’t be working harder to secure the future of this country.”
Reacting to his claims, the nation said that is not what they saw from the prime minister, as they pointed out his various holidays, power naps, and scandals from the last few months:
Yeah parties are exhausting sometimes you need some rest 💔
— Omar☃️ (@crackyasshoe) December 13, 2021
Three holidays this year already
— Graeme Bandeira (@GraemeBandeira) December 13, 2021
Here he is, hard at work in the Costa de sol pic.twitter.com/0D6jbXnMIM
— Ste G (@stegley_80) December 13, 2021
I can remember 3 holidays he's been on this year alone. Honeymoon to Portugal with Carrie. Holiday in spain in October and a week in Somerset just as Afghanistan was being over run by the taliban. Seems like more holidays than the rest of us. I personally have had zero holidays..
— MJH96 (@MJH096) December 13, 2021
Rrrriiight…. pic.twitter.com/da32nnz4wl
— Buck Frexit! 🇪🇺💙🌍 #FBPE #FBPA ElectoralReform (@Beany_1) December 13, 2021
We EXPECT our PM to be working as hard as possible during a pandemic. That should be a given. He has to deliver and lead us effectively. Just like the Govt have to. Trying hard doesnt cut it.
— Steve Harris (@SteveHa12771218) December 13, 2021
Dressing up all the time can be so exhausting pic.twitter.com/OCQ8HtUG1W
— Paul. B Runo Always European #FBPE #JohnsonOut (@RunoPb) December 13, 2021
Sajid Javid says Boris Johnson spends every minute on the Covid response. What about his dinners at the Garrick Club with Charles Moore, or trying to break Parliamentary rules to save Owen Paterson, visiting Peppa Pig World, embarrassing himself at the CBI, I mean I could go on.
— Count Binface (@CountBinface) December 13, 2021
Ok I’ll go on. Hosting quizzes, antagonising France, hyping up COP26, underdelivering at COP26, causing an HGV crisis, breaking promises on new railways, claiming his own Northern Ireland protocol is unworkable, airlifting dogs instead of people, dumping raw sewage into rivers…
— Count Binface (@CountBinface) December 13, 2021
Breaking electoral commission rules over his expensive new wallpaper, lying to the investigator about it, lying to parliament, going on expensive holidays paid for by his rich mates, spreading germs by not wearing a mask properly in a hospital, cutting foreign aid…
— Count Binface (@CountBinface) December 13, 2021
Trying to dodge his own self-isolation rules, refusing to condemn football fans who boo players for taking the knee, presiding over school exams chaos, being bested by @marcusrashford over free school meals, selling Tory donors a peerage for £3million…
— Count Binface (@CountBinface) December 13, 2021
Boris Johnson "works literally every minute of the day," says Sajid Javid. pic.twitter.com/vZvxmXMJYz
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) December 13, 2021
Elsewhere on the show, Javid reiterated the government’s plan to speed up the booster jab rollout for people over the age of 18 who have had their second jab at least three months ago. He defended criticism that the jabs should have been rolled out faster weeks ago, and explained why the government wasn’t introducing further restrictions to deal with the variant.
He also appeared on Sky News to discuss the number of omicron cases and deaths and further encourage people to get their jabs.
Busy day then – we wonder if Johnson will return the compliment and praise Javid’s work ethic too?
