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Fancy giving the Prime Minister a ring? Well, there’s no reason why you can’t.
Seriously? Well yes, Boris Johnson’s mobile number has been published online for the past 15 years, it has been revealed.
It comes amid concerns that Johnson is readily available to allies and those who wish to lobby him. We all saw his texts with James Dyson, for instance.
Top civil servant Simon Case and the Downing Street security detail have begged the PM to just change his phone number and make a fresh start.
Understandably, the revelation that the PM’s number is just sitting in a 2006 press release on the internet, as it is, has caused some hilarity and memes on social media.
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Here are some of the best:
me texting boris johnson's leaked phone number to give him a piece of my mind https://t.co/GVd5lyA4aG— will (@will) 1619721504
Boris Johnson listening to random voicemails after his phone number was leaked https://t.co/HvaJM7NWUD— Mike (@Mike) 1619729835
Boris Johnson's mobile phone number has been freely available for anyone to find with Google for the best part of 1… https://t.co/xjvxumGU7d— Adam Bienkov (@Adam Bienkov) 1619722576
Thoughts this evening are with the press officer for the organisation that has had Boris Johnson's phone number sit… https://t.co/waIqm1adrp— Tony Diver (@Tony Diver) 1619722683
"Boris Johnson's personal phone number found to be available online" https://t.co/mDbbDwhXcz— Rob Francis (@Rob Francis) 1619754328
Does anyone have Boris Johnson's mobile phone number or know where I can get it? I want to ring him to give him a piece of my mind. 😂— CitizenSmith@JonesCitizen (@CitizenSmith@JonesCitizen) 1619763280
Presumably so traders trying to export from Ireland could get in touch. https://t.co/G3kEsr1DKk— Tim Walker (@Tim Walker) 1619734654
Oh my god... if that Popbitch story about Boris Johnson’s mobile phone number is true - and it looks as though it i… https://t.co/Pz0SbUJi5J— Harriet Marsden (@Harriet Marsden) 1619717968
Very frustrating that although Boris Johnson’s phone number is supposed to be online, none of the papers are giving… https://t.co/XvGViuUgV1— James Murphy (@James Murphy) 1619735013
Here we have it. A direct line to the Prime Minister, a chance to ask him everything we want and to provide much-needed scrutiny for our readers.
But when indy100 gave Johnson a morning call, we were met with his answer phone message. And when we sent him a WhatsApp greeting, we were met with the dreaded ‘one tick’ - meaning that it had been successfully sent but not received by Johnson.
What a shame. Perhaps he is still asleep?
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