Boris Johnson feels Westminster heat under the Indian sun
by Heather Stewart Political editor from on (#5YERW)
Analysis: The PM travelled 4,000 miles to not get very far, on a trip fraught with tensions about Partygate and Ukraine
As Boris Johnson met Narendra Modi on Friday morning, he joked of the enthusiastic welcome he received in the Indian prime minister's home state of Gujarat featuring giant posters of the British leader's face, and flag-waving crowds: I wouldn't get that necessarily everywhere in the world."
It was a characteristically self-deprecating reference to the fact that even 4,000 miles from home, he was unable to escape Partygate.
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