Boris Johnson’s visit to India
The Prime Minister’s visit to India was largely overshadowed by Partygate fines, division within his own party and a growing number of inquiries.
As a result, many news outlets were highly critical of the timing of the two-day trade mission, or otherwise didn’t cover the trip at all.
Those that did, however, ran the following critiques, and with the exception of a few publications, you would be hard-pressed to find much positive coverage of the visit at all.
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- note: it is widely regarded to be convention for Prime Minister’s to updated the House following international visits or summits. At the time of publication, Mr Johnson had not updated the House on his India visit.
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The full UK-India joint statement following Johnson’s visit can be read on the government’s website.
