Boris bopping the night away in Charlbury on New Year's Eve (Debate)

Mon 2 Jan 2023, 16:19

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Boris Johnson was spotted in a sleepy Cotswold village celebrating enthusiastically and ringing in the new year.

The former Prime Minister was seen in the darkened venue counting down to the new year aloud into a microphone at a pub in Charlbury, Oxfordshire.

Surrounded by people in cowboy hats and hay on the ground, Mr Johnson appeared to be celebrating the start of 2023 with a barn dance that even included line dancing.

According to social media posts, he was joined by his wife, Carrie Johnson, as well as his sister, Rachel Johnson.

Also read: Boris Johnson insists "things will get better in 2023" after admitting 2022 was "a pretty turbulent year".

The Uxbridge and South Ruslip MP, who was leading the countdown, appeared to check that it was midnight on his watch before shouting “2023” while others chanted “Happy New Year” and confetti fell.

He is then seen hugging those around him while the video is stopped.

Earlier that day, Mr Johnson admitted in a short social media video that 2022 had been a “pretty turbulent” year, but he was confident that 2023 “things will get better”.

The short clip made no mention of his angry departure from Downing Street in July, nor the fact that his successor, Liz Truss, had to leave Number 10.

While he didn’t directly mention the cost-of-living crisis, the former prime minister said he was confident the economy would recover in 2023, with signs of inflation around the world.

In a New Year’s greeting posted to social media, Boris Johnson said he was confident that after a “rather tumultuous” 2022, “things will get better” in the coming year.

He stressed the ongoing war in Ukraine, claiming he was “more confident than ever” that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin would be defeated in Ukraine, while there were signs that global inflation was declining.

Mr Johnson then delivered an encouraging message on the outlook for the economy and the opportunities that Brexit will bring once the pandemic is over.

He said: “2022 is tiptoeing towards the exit after a rather turbulent year in which we lost our beloved Queen and saw the start of the worst war in Europe in 80 years,” he said.

“I want to tell you why I’m looking forward to 2023 and confident that it will be better

“Our post-Covid and pandemic Britain will finally begin to embrace all our newfound freedoms and extend our lead as the best place in the world to invest, start a business, raise a family or just hang out at the pub that is ‘what I intend to do this New Year’s Eve.’

It is not known which pub the Johnson family partied in, but it could have been any of three, including The Bull, The Rose & Crown or Ye Olde Three Horseshoes.

The Bull in Charlbury is known for being a favorite meeting place for another former Tory Prime Minister and former Witney MP David Cameron, according to the Oxford Mail.

The poll shows Mr Sunak, who landed five votes behind Mr Johnson and finished in fifth place, may still have some work to do to win the base

Mr. Sunak regularly topped Cabinet approval polls on ConservativeHome’s website during his time as Chancellor, particularly during the early stages of the pandemic

Earlier this week, a poll found Boris Johnson more popular with Tory members than Rishi Sunak, his Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and his predecessor Liz Truss.

The former prime minister was behind only Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, International Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch and Home Secretary Suella Braverman in a Conservative Home poll.

Mr Wallace, who has served under three prime ministers this year, was by far the most popular Tory after supporting Ukraine.

The poll shows Mr Sunak, who landed five votes behind Mr Johnson and finished in fifth place, may still have some work to do to win the base.

After losing to Ms. Truss in the leadership contest in the summer, he stepped in at No. 10 after a second contest in October that voted him out for MPs rather than party members.