![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/boris-johnson-speaks-in-commons-for-first-time-in-two-months/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_Screenshot-2022-11-14-135319.jpg&description=The holiday-loving former PM addressed MPs in the chamber for the first time since September 22, calling for a police station in his constituency to stay open but trying to deflect blame to London Mayor Sadiq KhanBoris Johnson asks for local police station to remain openHoliday-loving Boris Johnson has made his first comments in the House of Commons chamber for nearly two months - begging for a police station in his constituency to stay open. The disgraced former PM, who jetted off to the Dominican Republic - his third overseas break since July - after he last spoke in the House, today rallied against cuts ahead of the government's crunch Autumn Statement. It is just the third time he has spoken in the House since he was forced out, despite still claiming a backbench MP's salary of £84,144. He been absent from several crunch debates and votes - including one on fracking which brought Liz Truss's government to its knees. But he made a rare intervention on behalf of his constituents in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, stating that Uxbridge "remains the most sensible place" for a police station in the London borough of Hillingdon. The backbench MP, who rushed back from the Caribbean following Ms Truss's resignation as he tried to rally support for a leadership campaign which he later abandoned, took aim at London mayor Sadiq Khan. He urged Home Secretary Suella Braverman to throw her weight behind saving the police station. Boris Johnson today pleaded for Uxbridge Police Station to be kept open ( bbc) Incredibly it is just the fourth time Mr Johnson has mentioned Uxbridge in the Commons in more than seven years, according to the official Parliamentary record. The Mayor's Office for Police and Crime (MOPAC) is considering closing police stations in order to save £400 million across London - saying the cash will be diverted into putting extra officers on the streets. Mr Johnson told the Commons: "Given that entry-pay rates have already, on the streets of London alone, attract){kind=link}
The holiday-loving former PM addressed MPs in the chamber for the first time since September 22, calling for a police station in his constituency to stay open but trying to deflect blame to London Mayor Sadiq Khan
Holiday-loving Boris Johnson has made his first comments in the House of Commons chamber for nearly two months – begging for a police station in his constituency to stay open.
The disgraced former PM, who jetted off to the Dominican Republic – his third overseas break since July – after he last spoke in the House, today rallied against cuts ahead of the government’s crunch Autumn Statement.
It is just the third time he has spoken in the House since he was forced out, despite still claiming a backbench MP’s salary of £84,144.
He been absent from several crunch debates and votes – including one on fracking which brought Liz Truss’s government to its knees.