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A spokesperson for Boris Johnson has announced that the former prime minister and his current wife Carrie Symonds have had another healthy baby boy

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

I hope someone is keeping count, because I doubt he is.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

We send Boris Johnson £350 million a week in child benefit. Let's spend it on the NHS instead.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I misread that as sniping, but that'll do in the meantime.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That would be acceptable.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

As per the Beeb article he has "four grown-up children with second wife Marina Wheeler, and another daughter from an affair" plus the other 2 he had whilst in office. So I'd say eighth as the bare minimum

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That's a lot of mouth breathers

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that his second or third with Carrie? Are they all boys with her?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I miss the newsthump satire tags

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

["Carrie and Boris Johnson have announced the birth of their third child, a second son.

Carrie Johnson, in the caption of an Instagram post with a picture of her holding the newborn, joked: “Welcome to the world Frank Alfred Odysseus Johnson born 5th July at 9.15am. (Can you guess which name my husband chose?!)”

The former prime minister Boris Johnson is keen to be thought of as a scholar of the classics. In Greek mythology, Odysseus leaves behind his wife and child to seek adventure, encountering many other women along the way."](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jul/11/carrie-boris-johnson-announce-birth-baby-boy-frank?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other)

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