It’s Imperative That Boris Johnson Is Removed From Power As Soon As Possible

Last week’s events at Westminster were unlike anything we’ve ever seen before in UK politics, and over the last three years, as the Brexit chaos has staggered from crisis to crisis, as the last Prime Minister was compelled to quit, and the present Prime Minister relinquishes control of the House of Commons, and in the last few days we appear to have entered completely unknown territory.

First, there was the Supreme Court’s ruling that Boris Johnson had acted unlawfully when he closed down Westminster for five weeks.

Of course, it had been patently evident to everyone that his claims that he needed to shut down Parliament in order to work on his legislative agenda were total garbage, the only thing he wanted to close down was any attempt by MPs to scrutinise his Brexit strategies.

It’s truly historic and unprecedented in our current democracy that a Prime Minister has been held to have violated the law in order to, in the words of the Supreme Court, frustrate or prevent the ability of Parliament to carry out its constitutional functions.

The UK Government wasn’t defeated in court on a technicality. It was a unanimous decision by all 11 judges, and we should pay tribute to the campaigners in England and those in Scotland, led by the SNP’s Joanna Cherry MP, who brought those court actions, but Boris Johnson’s week of shame didn’t end there.

Yanked back to Parliament to explain himself, rather than apologise or show any remorse, he instead blamed everybody else, using some of the worst language ever articulated by any politician in the House of Commons.

And when one MP pleaded with him to tone down his incendiary vocabulary, reminding him of the horrendous killing of MP Jo Cox just before the Brexit referendum, he described her remarks as humbug.

Politicians, particularly in leadership positions, must strive to act respectfully in everything they do, whether this is on a national level in parliament and the media, online, or locally in our constituencies, and when that agenda of respect slips and conduct isn’t of the standard expected, we shouldn’t waver for one moment to condemn it, and after Boris Johnson’s deplorable conduct last week, it’s never been more apparent that in both his deeds and his words that he’s not fit to be Prime Minister, and he needs to be removed from power as soon as possible.

Boris Johnson needs to go because he’s a disgrace, and he should take his cabinet with him as well because they’re all the same.

Boris Johnson isn’t sorry he did it, he’s sorry he got caught with his pants down, and party politics aside, any Prime Minister needs to have integrity. This one has none and it’s time for a change.

Boris Johnson isn’t going away, and he won’t go away until he’s well and truly shoved and shoved hard because the man has no shame, but none of this should come as a surprise to anyone because Boris Johnson’s deception and egotistical superiority were all very well documented prior to his election as Party Leader, and there might be lifelong Conservative voters out there, but I can’t see them ever voting for Boris Johnson again.

It’s amazing that Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab are still implying that it wasn’t a breach of restriction, or that the public perceived it to be, and the sheer contempt he’s holding for the people of this country is incredible – he’s not fit to run a bath, let alone a country, and now hopefully the public are beginning to see this.

No 10 Insists It’s Not True Boris Johnson Cried

No 10 said that Boris Johnson didn’t cry as he begged Tory MPs to support him and ditch their so-called pork pie plot.

A group of 20 Tory MPs elected in 2019 met to discuss how they were going to unseat the Prime Minister.

According to stirring rumours, they were planning to send letters to Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 committee, voicing their lack of faith in Boris Johnson.

Still, there’s no word of how many, if any of them, have gone through with the plan, but according to reports that didn’t prevent the Prime Minister from calling them up.

Boris Johnson is said to have wept as he appealed for the group of 2019 Tories to support him as he fights for his political life.

When asked if the Prime Minister was in tears as he met the MPs, the Prime Minister’s press secretary said that they’d seen the report and that it wasn’t true.

The Prime Minister’s Secretary acknowledged that she wasn’t there when they spoke, but she added a second time that it wasn’t true.

Christian Wakeford, who defected from the Conservative party to Labour, was a Tory 2019 MP who’d been expressing his outrage over the Prime Minister’s handling of partygate for some time.

Christian Wakeford was cheered by the Labour Party as he sat on their benches, but the Tories hissed and yelled that it was shocking at the same time.

The gathering got its pork moniker as Alicia Kearns MP for Rutland and Melton hosted the meeting – Melton is the town best known for its pork pies.

Christian Wakeford was one of seven Tory MPs that had publicly called for Boris Johnson’s resignation.

In a historic letter to Boris Johnson, he said the Tories were incapable of offering the leadership and government this country deserves, but the Prime Minister insisted he will win the next election, despite senior Tory David Davis telling him ‘in the name of God, go’ in the Commons.

Replying to Christian Wakeford’s defection publicly, Boris Johnson said at PMQ’s that the Conservative Party won Bury South for the first time in generations under this Prime Minister, with a plan of uniting and levelling up and delivering for the people of Bury South, and that they would win again in Bury South at the next election, under this Prime Minister.

Boris Johnson has always had a serious issue with rejection, and now he’s resorted to begging for his job, and now perhaps the Labour cabinet can break him down even further so that they can get this maniac out.

Snivelling Boris Johnson. What a waste of wallpaper paste, perhaps he can take it with him when he goes. That’s if he actually did cry or was he just rubbing his chubby little fists into his eyes to make us feel sorry for him, and let’s face it, it’s like watching a Pantomime, and this is very embarrassing for the country.

Let’s give him a hand stripper for all that pricey wallpaper! I said hand stripper and not stripper – that will be his next wife!

Real men cry, not crooks and clowns.

Russian Politicians Mock Boris Johnson’s Dancing

Boris Johnson’s dancing has been ridiculed by hardline Russian politicians on state TV as they quipped about destroying London but sparing Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

Footage of the Prime Minister boogying with a lightsabre-wielding London Assembly member when he was mayor appeared last week amid the continuing partygate scandal.

The viral clip reached state channels Rossiya 1 in Russia with pro-Kremlin host Vladimir Solovyov joking about the famous dancer with hardline politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

The pair scoffed at the dancing Prime Minister making threats towards Russia as they also warned of a big catastrophe ahead for Europe, with London in the crosshairs.

Vladimir Solovyov said, how could one live without London’s famous dancer Boris Johnson? And that they could rob world culture of such a renowned dancer.

In the stark and chilling ramping up of rhetoric amid fears of a new European conflict, the ultranationalist figures ridiculed the West with obliteration if it fails to give Vladimir Putin the security guarantees he demands.

While Zhirinovsky, a veteran MP and Liberal Democrat Party leader, has no power over the Russian government, his anti-Western threats are aired prominently on state TV.

He said that they were partying for the last time. Champagne, whisky – there’s a big tragedy ahead for humanity, for Europe and that there could only be one solution, by force, no other, and he said that after the start of an armed conflict in Europe, the count of victims would be in their millions and that there would be no time to count.

He told the TV audience that they should stop flying to New York because the metropolis would soon no longer exist, and he said that it’s time for events that no one desires, that seemed a fantasy and that the great America, the rich Europe, it can all stop. With some regions of Europe vanishing – Kyiv, Warsaw, Riga, Tallinn and London, and that not all of Europe should be destroyed, but London yes! Let the Scots, Irish and Welsh live, but not London because it was always the centre of anti-Russian propaganda.

Zhirinovsky, 75, is the leader of the ultranationalist Liberal Democratic Party and a six-time nominee in Russian presidential elections, and his pro-Kremlin is the fourth largest in the Russian parliament, and he said that they demand that the West’s weapons be moved away from the border with Russia.

And while this is going on Boris Johnson is dancing and having fun. Perhaps we should just give Boris Johnson over to the Russians. A bottle of Vodka would be a lovely gesture of goodwill, but actually, the gift would be all ours.

But the fact that the Russian are actually talking about nuclear Armageddon is more frightening than Boris Johnson’s dancing and they’re not to be trusted as far as you can throw them.

However the Russian’s are talking about nuclear weapons it’s because they’re weak and they can’t win conventionally and Vladimir Putin is like a schoolboy bully throwing his weight around, knowing that really, he’s not that tough at all, but always threatens to bring in his big brother in when things don’t go his way, but big brothers tend to come down and get lamped, and Russia is just a horrible barbaric nation.

They mocked Boris Johnson’s dancing, but clearly, they haven’t heard bagpipes or seen a Scottish man leaping about in a kilt and dancing shoes, or for that matter a Welsh woman in a top hat brandishing a Leek, or an Irish person dancing with their arms glued to their sides. We all have our idiosyncrasies and quirks, thank goodness they didn’t see Morris Dancers.

Aldi Opens Its First Store Without Checkout

Aldi has opened its first checkout-free store, where customers will be able to pick up products and exit without queuing to pay.

The discount supermarket’s new site in Greenwich, south-east London, which opened at 7 am for public testing, will also allow customers to purchase alcohol, using facial age estimation technology to check whether they seem to be over the age of 25.

The move follows in the footsteps of competitors Amazon and Tesco, who have both opened check out free stores.

Staff will use a series of hi-tech cameras to track customers as they do their shopping, and then bill them when they depart.

Aldi had been trialling the store with employees over the past few months before launching the service.

The aim is to end lengthy queues in stores and could lead to more places opening.

Customers must register with Aldi’s Shop & Go app, which will allow them to enter the store, pick up their items, and then pay and walk out.

Aldi said customers wishing to buy alcohol will be able to use facial age estimation technology to confirm their buy.

The technology, provided by Yoti, allows customers to verify their identity through the app, but anyone who opts out will be age confirmed in-store.

Aldi UK and Ireland chief executive Giles Hurley said that it was the culmination of months of work, not least from the team there in Greenwich, and he was looking forward to seeing how customers respond to the trial, and he said that the store uses the very latest in retail technology.

Store manager Lewis Esparon said that they’d been working towards this for several months so it would be great to see how their customers reacted to the new technology.

According to The Grocer, the technology behind the system was created by Aifi which was used by several just walk-out stores such as Albert Heijn in the Netherlands, Zabka in Poland and Carrefour in Dubai.

When you go into a supermarket, just look up at the ceiling and you’ll see a huge number of CCTV cameras, and if you use a loyalty card, then the supermarket knows precisely what you’ve purchased every single time.

If you’re worried about supermarkets watching you and knowing what you bought, don’t worry this isn’t a thing of the past, it’s a thing of the future, but if people want to remain in the past, then they should just hunt wild animals in the forest and fish in a stream.

All the technology that we did have was done by humans simply watching you on CCTV, but this new technology is all automated, no humans involved in this one.

This might be more palatable for people to use, but for the more senior shopper who just doesn’t understand it, they’re left out in the cold, which is completely wrong because the older generation are the people that gave us the society that we live in, and I’m horrified that there are older people that are being disadvantaged and being completely and utterly shut out.

If you want to get followed around the store like a criminal, then go for it, but for me, this is a completely alien environment.

There will still be staff in these stores, and still a security guard or two, just no checkouts – welcome to the future where our future sucks!

We haven’t been gradually introduced to the 21st century, we’ve been dragged into it.

Facial age recognition. How precisely will that work with a mask on? What could possibly go wrong?

The Queen Told Andrew He Would Lose His Titles And He Broke Down In Tears

Prince Andrew was said to be tearful after the Queen removed his honorary military titles, it was claimed.

A newspaper out said that the Duke of York, who can no longer be known as His Royal Highness in any official capacity, is expected to write to his former regiment to express his remorse at having to leave.

A senior defence source said that the Prince was tearful when told the news even though he’d expected it and that he feels that he’s let so many people down, not least his mother during her Platinum Jubilee year.

The news comes as the prince was said to have hosted a shooting party for approximately 12 friends and relatives on Friday, a day after the monarch’s decision to withdraw his titles.

The group is understood to have gathered at his Royal Lodge home before heading off for the shoot in Great Windsor Park, Berkshire.

A stony-faced Andrew was spotted exiting the lodge on Saturday morning with ex-wife Sarah Ferguson. They’re not thought to have been present at the shoot itself.

The shooting party was understood to have been a Christmas present from the Queen to Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack, who invited along family and friends.

A source said that it seemed rather bold of Andrew to host a party and let his family go shooting with all the controversy raging.

The Palace said previously that the Duke’s military appointments were in abeyance after he stepped down from public duties in 2019, but up until a few days ago, he still retained the roles, including the position of Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, one of the oldest and most emblematic regiments in the British Army.

His other British honorary military titles are Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Lossiemouth, Colonel in chief of the Royal Irish Regiment, Colonel in chief of the Small Arms School Corps, Commodore in chief of the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Colonel of the Royal Highland Fusiliers, Deputy colonel in chief of the Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeth’s Own), and the Royal Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.

It comes after more than 150 veterans joined forces to express their outrage, writing to the Queen to demand Andrew was removed from the honorary military positions.

Accusing the Duke of bringing the services he’s associated with into shame. The 152 former members of the Royal Navy, RAF and Army said that were this any other senior military officer it’s inconceivable that he will still be in post.

Of course, Andrew should be innocent until proven guilty. That’s the law, innocent until proven guilty! And he’s not so much a bully, but a spoilt 61 year old who can’t understand why the mistakes he made can’t be covered up anymore, and he’s so upset he just had to have a party.

I’m sure that he thought up until that very moment before being stripped, that Her Majesty was going to save him, and I’m sure for the Queen it was a difficult moment.

The question is, is the Queen going to continue to support Andrew in his luxurious lifestyle? If she does it will probably be under the radar – after all, he is her favourite.

Andrew started with all the advantages in life. Financial stability, a stable family, access to education, career prospects, and his family stood by him as long as they possibly could. He’s no one to blame for his shoddy lack of judgement but himself, but what a waste.

Prince Harry Files A lawsuit Against The UK Government

A newspaper outlet has revealed that Prince Harry is taking legal action against the Government over its decision to withdraw his UK police security and claimed it’s dangerous for his family to return to the United Kingdom without it.

Lawyers acting for Harry, who stepped down from his Royal responsibilities two years ago, have written a pre-action protocol letter to the Home Office, indicating that they will pursue a judicial review if the Sussexes aren’t furnished with continued security while they’re in Britain, which they make clear he’s happy to pay for.

A statement issued on the prince’s behalf references the fact that others who have left public office, as Prince Harry did two years ago, have still received police protection.

If the case proceeds, it will lead to a battle in the High Court between Ministers and Prince Harry.

A legal representative said that Harry wants to bring his son Archie and baby daughter Lilibet to visit from the US, but he and his family are unable to return to his home because it’s too risky.

It follows an incident in London in the summer of 2021 when his security was compromised after his car was pursued by paparazzi photographers as he left a charity event.

A legal spokesperson for Harry said that the duke wants to finance the security himself, rather than ask taxpayers to foot the bill.

The statement said that as is widely known that others who have left public office and have an inherent danger risk receive police protection at no charge to them.

Harry is arguing his private protection team in the US doesn’t have adequate jurisdiction abroad or access to the United Kingdom intelligence information which is needed to keep the Sussex family safe.

The legal spokesperson for the duke said in a statement that the United Kingdom will always be Prince Harry’s home and a country he wants his wife and children to be safe in, and they said that with the lack of police protection, comes too great a personal risk.

The spokesperson added that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex privately finance a private security team for their family, yet that security can’t replicate the required police protection required whilst in the United Kingdom, and it was said that in the absence of such security, Prince Harry and his family would be unable to return to his home.

The Queen is understood to have been made aware of her grandson’s action, which is thought to be the first time a member of the Royal Family has brought a case against Her Majesty’s Government.

If Prince Harry wants security for his family while they’re in England then he needs to source that protection from elsewhere else because he’s now a private citizen, which was his choice and therefore if he wants that type of protection he needs to find a firm that will do that for him – he’s not a diplomat.

I know doubt that the UK Security services would share any known or perceived threats to visiting celebs, and also act on them and it wouldn’t look good for any visitors that come to the United Kingdom and are harmed on UK soil, and if Harry doesn’t feel safe coming back to England, the simple solution is, don’t come.

Maybe it’s finally dawned on him that he isn’t liked very much over here in the United Kingdom and that someone, whoever it might be might want to do him and his family harm.

Snap Inspection Of Russian Troops’ Combat Readiness

Russia held snap combat readiness inspections of its troops, as several key Ukrainian government websites were taken offline by a huge cyber-attack.

Russian military manoeuvres are being closely monitored due to a troop buildup close to the Ukraine that has stirred fears in Kyiv and the West that Moscow may be preparing to invade, but Russia repudiates any such plan.

In response to the Cyber Attack, EU unfamiliar policy chief Joseph Borrell aid said the bloc was mobilising all its resources to assist the Ukraine.

No breakthrough was reached at meetings between Russia and Western states, which fear Moscow could launch a new attack on a country it invaded in 2014.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that all communication channels between the EU and Russia were now closed.

The events came the day after Poland warned Europe faces its greatest threat of war in the last 30 years, and as Russia threatened military means if it demands over Ukraine were not met by the West.

Senior US diplomat Michael Carpenter said that the drumbeat of war was sounding loud, as the talks to find a diplomatic solution to the worsening problem between Russia and Ukraine tottered on the verge of collapse.

Defence Ministry footage released by the RIA news agency showed multiple armoured vehicles and other military hardware being loaded onto trains in the Eastern Military District, and the ministry was cited as saying that the exercises would make it possible to assess the readiness of the troops, to carry out missions as needed after regrouping at far distances across Russian territory.

Open-source intelligence analysts have for weeks been examining social media footage of Russian military hardware being transported, including by train.

Russia says it’s up to Moscow alone where it moves its forces around on its territory and that they pose no external threat.

Rob Lee, a military analyst and a fellow at the US-based Foreign Policy Research Institute, said the exercises would test the ability of units to complete missions after conducting long-distance travel, and he tweeted that it was likely cover for the units being moved towards the Ukraine.

The inspections came as several key Ukrainian government websites were taken offline in an exhaustive cyber attack.

A foreign ministry spokesman told AFP that as a consequence of a huge cyberattack, the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a number of other government agencies were temporarily down.

Could you imagine the turnout for draftees if war was declared? There would be very few under thirties volunteering due to all this wokeism – they would sooner fight statues that can’t fight back than for their own country, but then why should anyone in the US or the United Kingdom volunteer to defend the Ukraine when our governments are refusing to protect the sanctity of our own borders?

The trouble is Vladimir Putin won’t be satisfied until he’s recovered the old Soviet Union territories because he has little man syndrome, and Putin is extremely set in his ways. Russia needs a more youthful, more vibrant President who can roll with the times, and all that Putin is doing is alienating Russia and hauling them back to the dark days, and the Russians are just poking a hornet’s nest to see what response they get, or they’re getting ready to annihilate thousands of innocent people, and it wouldn’t surprise me if America is stirring up rubbish so that they can sell more weapons, and you can bet your bottom dollar that Ukraine will be asking for assistance from the United Kingdom.

Fashion WOKE-Walk!

From Birkenstocks with tube socks to clunky trainers and baggy cargo pants, a stylist has revealed why Gen Z trendsetters are choosing deliberately genderless garments in a bid to signpost their woke ideals to the world through fashion.

The latest A-list trend has seen celebrities like Kendall Jenner and Bella Hadid embrace the world of baggy Hawaiian shirts, sleeveless knits, beanies and anoraks to create a more relaxed, gender-fluid aesthetic.

UK celebrity stylist Miranda Holder, who founded The Feel Good Fashion Coach, told FEMAIL that she believes the rise in large and rather unstructured attire was because the younger generation was moving into a woke generation of fashion and didn’t want to be associated with labels who make garments specifically for men and women.

The stylist, who’s worked with a variety of high profile names including Little Mix and Boy George, said the younger generation were voting with their wallets to introduce a world of non-binary fashion.

She said that post-pandemic there’s a universal sense that the world is shifting into a new woke era, and one of the concepts which is rapidly developing is all matters gender-related, and she said that Gen Z is voting with their wallets and many no longer want to be associated with labels that are strictly designed with a male or a female in mind.

She said that as a result, they’re seeing more gender-fluid garments in shops, with numerous designers and labels creating collections that are deliberately unisex, and that this has filtered down onto the high street as we become used to seeing the Fugly trainer, oversized shirts and tailoring. Sleeveless knits, beanies, raincoats and similar dad inspired pieces modelled by the savviest of fashionistas.

Miranda said that fashion was enjoying a new lease of life post-pandemic and that Gen Z was throwing away the rulebook when it came to what’s deemed attractive.

She said that following sporadic lockdowns throughout the past two years, during which loungewear or lycra was the order of the day and every day felt like groundhog day, fashion was enjoying a new lease of life.

She said that micro trends were popping up all over the high street and gathering unprecedented momentum thanks to the likes of social media platforms such as TikTok and Snapchat, and that the younger generation, in particular, were eager to have their clothing cake and eat it, and that there was a sense of rules schmules in the air as shoppers voiced their newfound freedom by sporting whatever they please.

I might have dressed like that about 40 years ago, it was called being a tomboy, however, I believe that this fashion will be short-lived or maybe not, who knows what the future holds for us.

I can’t see this catching on when celebs walk the red carpet where they will be wearing next to nothing to get themselves in the papers and let’s face it, they really aren’t genderless clothes, are they? They’re oversized boys clothes.

Perhaps the point that they’re making is that if they wear these big baggy clothes they won’t be sexually victimised and they’ll be able to get on with what they need to do out in public.

To be honest, I’ve been wearing these sorts of clothes for years. It’s called being comfortable and being able to wear what I like. We don’t need approval for what we wear as long as we’re comfortable in it, who cares what anyone else thinks?

Back in my day sleeveless knits were called tank tops. It’s just fashion that we’ve had before, it’s just gone full circle and we all make mistakes and in ten years time, women will be saying: ‘What was I thinking?’ and trying to hide the photographs.

Welsh Government To Remove All COVID Curbs Within Two Weeks

The Welsh government will scrap all COVID curbs in two weeks under plans to reopen clubs, end the rule of six in pubs and lift the 50 people limited on outdoor events.

Mark Drakeford will lay out a strategy for Wales to move from alert level two to alert level zero by the end of January if the public health situation continues to improve.

Restrictions on outdoor activities will be eased first before extending to other rules introduced on Boxing Day in a phased approach.

Under the existing measures, a limit of six people can meet in pubs, restaurants and cinemas, with outdoor events limited to 50 people, and 30 indoors.

Restrictions also include mask-wearing in all public venues and the two-metre rule while nightclubs have been forced to close.

The First Minister will hold a press conference at 12.15 pm to announce the two-week roadmap following a review of the rules, and he said that the move comes amid a quick drop in the number of cases, adding that we seem to have passed the peak of Omicron.

Wales’ coronavirus case rate recently dropped to 1,492.4 per 100,000 people over seven days, its lowest level since December 27.

The total number of people admitted to critical care with the virus was also 20 per cent of that record over the same period in January last year.

It follows Andrew RT Davies, leader of the Welsh Conservatives, blaming the Welsh government for overreacting to the coronavirus variant.

Responding to Mr Drakeford’s latest roadmap, the Welsh Conservatives said they’re delighted he’s finally listened to calls to lift restrictions.

Mr Drakeford told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that because of what the data and the science were saying to them, and because the modelling they have in Wales predicted, they seem to have passed the peak of Omicron and are coming down rapidly on the other side.

He said that give them confidence that over the next two weeks they can slowly and carefully raise the level of protection they needed over the Christmas period because from a public health standpoint it will then be safe to do so.

Wales was previously criticised for imposing much more stringent rules than England over the festive period.

UKHospitality Cymru had warned hospitality businesses in Wales were already batter and bruised and at the end of their tether by a collapse in customer numbers and said the rules would only make matters worse.

These restrictions have already ruined England and Wales, and now governments just want the British taxpayer to pick up the bill and both governments have become inebriated on power.

Boris Johnson built these COVID hospitals and named them after Florence Nightingale, she would be rolling in her grave now, but Boris Johnson would never admit that he was wrong because he would never let people see that he’s guilty even if we know he is, and he will still go on misleading the public and frightening people, but doesn’t he realise that he’s got no credibility now?

It doesn’t matter whether governments overreacted or not, it’s about control and scoring political points, but I believe this time it’s seriously boomeranged on them.

Grandpa Munster and Wee Krankie weren’t interested in the restrictions by way of being way over the top because they were quite happy to plunge their respective countries into unnecessary draconian measures, but hopefully, it will come back to haunt them and hopefully, our voters will remember this come polling day.

The Longest-Married Couple In The United Kingdom Celebrate Their 81st Anniversary

Britain’s longest married couple have celebrated their 81st wedding anniversary after friends warned that they wouldn’t last long.

Ron and Joyce Bond, aged 102 and 100, said a bit of give and take was the secret of a long-lasting marriage.

The couple have seen 15 different Prime Ministers take power since they were wed in 1941 after a love at first sight meeting.

Ron and Joyce Bond, from Milton Keynes, Bucks, have claimed the title of Britain’s longest married couple after celebrating their anniversary on January 4.

A couple previously believed to be the record holders, Ron and Beryl Golightly from Yorkshire, were married for 80 years before Ron sadly died aged 101 in December.

Joyce, a retired Woolworths worker, said that they never expected to reach 81 years of marriage and they know they are extremely fortunate to have reached this incredible goal and that it felt amazing and that there was no boss in their relationship, they both give and take.

The couple, who are now great-great-grandparents, married at Newport Pagnell Registry Office when Ron was 21 and Joyce was 19.

They went on to have two children called Eileen and Bill.

Ron, who served in the Second World War before working at a local garage, said that sometimes life was difficult but that they worked through it together and they looked after each other too.

When asked if it was love at first sight, both Ron and Joyce gave a unanimous yes without hesitation.

The couple celebrated their anniversary at ExtraCare’s Shenley Wood Retirement Village in Milton Keynes, where they share a flat.

They were treated to cream teas and got a shout out from Ken Bruce on Radio 2 at the request of their son Bill.

Last year the Queen sent them a signed letter for their oak anniversary, which read: “How wonderful to learn of your eightieth wedding anniversary on 4th January 2021. I do hope you enjoy this marvellous occasion.”

Many couples don’t even reach their 50th anniversary, let alone 81 and they look so good together, and this is a testament to love and it just demonstrates that love can conquer all.

This is some lovely news for a change, rather than some of the garbage that we see in the news, and it just shows the people of today that marriage can work.

And it just goes to show you that they’ve managed to endure all these years and yet Boris Johnson said that we would only last weeks if we didn’t hide at home and it just goes to show that this couple are made out of sterling stuff and had all the qualities to form a life long bond. Maybe they could teach Boris Johnson about that too.

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