…from the Guardian….
Police were called to the home of Boris Johnson and his partner, Carrie Symonds, in the early hours of Friday morning after neighbours heard a loud altercation involving screaming, shouting and banging.
The argument could be heard outside the property where the potential future prime minister is living with Symonds, a former Conservative party head of press.
A neighbour told the Guardian they heard a woman screaming followed by “slamming and banging”. At one point Symonds could be heard telling Johnson to “get off me” and “get out of my flat”.
The neighbour said that after becoming concerned they knocked on the door but received no response. “I [was] hoping that someone would answer the door and say ‘We’re okay’. I knocked three times and no one came to the door.”
The neighbour decided to call 999. Two police cars and a van arrived within minutes, shortly after midnight, but left after receiving reassurances from both the individuals in the flat that they were safe….
Update…
Boris Johnson refused multiple times to answer questions at a Tory leadership hustings about why the police were called to his girlfriend’s house in the early hours of Friday morning following a domestic disturbance….
More…
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have made their pitch to be the next prime minister at the first of 16 Conservative Party hustings.
The two contenders for Number 10 laid out their vision for the country at a conference in Birmingham.
Mr Johnson said these were “dark days” for his party, but insisted he could turn things around.
But his rival warned members not to elect the “wrong person” and risk “catastrophe”.
Mr Johnson said the most important thing was to “get Brexit done”.
He said: “My ambition is to unite this country and our society… let’s take Britain forward.
“We need to discover a new confidence in our country.”
The former mayor of London featured on most of Saturday’s newspaper front pages following reports by the Guardian that police were called to his London home after neighbours reported “slamming and banging” in the early hours of Friday morning.
The Metropolitan Police Service have said they will not be taking any further action following the episode.
Asked by the hustings moderator, LBC presenter Iain Dale, whether character mattered when choosing a prime minister, Mr Johnson said: “I don’t think people want to hear about that.”
Accused of ducking questions, Mr Johnson said: “People are entitled to ask me what I want to do for the country.”
His rival, Mr Hunt, said the UK was in a “very serious situation”.
He continued: “Get things wrong and and there will be no Conservative government, and maybe even no Conservative Party.
“Get things right and we can deliver Brexit, unite the party and send [Labour leader Jeremy] Corbyn packing.”
But he warned that if Tory party members elected the “wrong person” as leader then “catastrophe awaits”.
Mr Johnson, meanwhile, said he would prepare for a no-deal Brexit if he became PM.
He said: “We must be able to come out on WTO terms, so that for the first time in these negotiations we carry conviction.
“And it is precisely because we will be preparing between now and 31 October for a no-deal Brexit that we will get the deal we need.”
He repeated his previous claim that it was “eminently feasible” for the UK to leave the EU by 31 October, saying he intended to make it happen.
That is the date that the EU’s membership extension runs out, and if nothing has changed, the UK leaves without a deal.
Theresa May officially stood down as Tory leader on 7 June and will cease to be prime minister in the week commencing 22 July.
An initial list of 10 candidates to replace her was whittled down to Mr Hunt and Mr Johnson in a vote by Tory MPs.
In the fifth and final round on Thursday, Boris Johnson came out on top with 160 out of the 313 votes cast. Mr Hunt received 77 votes and Michael Gove was knocked out with 75….
BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-48728265
Boris COULD be having a bit of a ‘domestic ‘ problem….