Boris Johnson has faced a tough week so far after facing a fight for his future in Downing Street. On Monday (June 6), a confidence vote was held by the Conservative Party in his leadership after enough backbench MPs demanded a ballot be held.
In the end, the Prime Minister survived the vote with 211 MPs supporting him, but he also saw 148 Tories in the House of Commons vote against his leadership. Speaking during PMQs yesterday (June 8), Mr Johnson said he was going to "get on" with his job.
This might prove good for him as one the country's biggest companies has suggested that it would not give the PM a job or trust the Conservatives to do it. Pizza takeaway firm Domino's gave a cheeky response to a tweet they were tagged in related to work and Mr Johnson's and the Tory party's ability.
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Twitter user Jonathan Tomlinson responded to a tweet sent by International Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt in which she posted an opinion piece she wrote for The Telegraph entitled 'Our only path to victory is through growth and Brexit'. In his response, Jonathan said: "I wouldn't trust you lot to deliver a pizza for Domino's."
His reply tagged Domino's UK Twitter account. This prompted them to respond with: "To confirm. Neither would we."
The response sparked an outpouring of humorous tweets from others as the post received more than 1,000 retweets and 6,750 likes. One person wrote: "My takeaway pizza of choice from now on."
It also led to some pizza-related puns. One tweeter said: "This'll take some topping."
Another person posted: "Very smart and to the point, a lovely pizza that does not want to be ruined by UK Govt inability to deliver! Well done that brand!"
Speaking after Monday's confidence vote, Mr Johnson said: "I think this is a very good result for politics and for the country. In this sense I think it’s a convincing result, a decisive result and what it means is that as a Government we can move on and focus on the stuff that I think really matters to people.
"I got a far bigger mandate from my own parliamentary colleagues, for instance, that I had in 2019 and I’m grateful to colleagues, I’m grateful for the support they’ve given me. And of course, I understand that what we need to do now is come together as a Government, as a party, and that is exactly what we can now do."
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