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Boris Johnson says the weddings will be able to continue next summer thanks to vaccines and massive testing, but he declines to say whether his marriage to Carrie Symonds will be among them.
- PM said new Covid drugs meant next year would be a ‘different world’
- He spoke during the People’s PMQs event broadcast on social media tonight.
- But she avoided the blatant question of when her own nuptials would happen.
- Johnson, 56, is expected to marry his fiancee Carrie Symonds, 32
- He completed his divorce from second wife Marina Wheeler in the summer.
Boris Johnson urged couples tonight to book weddings with ‘confidence’ for next summer thanks to new vaccines and coronavirus tests, but declined to say whether his would be among them.
The prime minister said Covid’s new drugs meant that next year would be a “different world” for the wedding and hospitality industries, which have been decimated by this year’s restrictions.
He spoke while being asked about the future of companies in the sector during a People’s PMQs event broadcast on social media.
But he sidestepped a cheeky question from the owner of the place, Lara, from Cornwall, about her own nuptials.
Johnson, 56, completed his divorce from his second wife Marina Wheeler in the summer and is expected to marry his fiancee Carrie Symonds, 32, with whom he has a son, Wilfred.
Lara had told the prime minister that she lost 100 percent of the business this year and already has a 30 percent drop for next year because couples are afraid to book in case restrictions on reception and service numbers remain in force.
Johnson sidestepped a cheeky question from Cornish owner Lara (right) about her own nuptials.
Johnson, 56, completed his divorce from his second wife Marina Wheeler in the summer and is expected to marry his fiancee Carrie Symonds, 32, with whom he has a son, Wilfred.
Johnson replied: ‘If you’re thinking about summer, I think it will be fine.
“ It is my firm hope and belief that by the summer, one way or another, either through vaccination, which I hope and believe we will have accomplished by Easter, or through lateral flow testing, we will be in a different world.
‘My hope is that by the summer it will really be a different world for the wedding and event industry. And I hope that your potential clients are also full of confidence and optimism and that they get married in the usual way. ‘
Lara replied that her own wedding was canceled last summer, then added: ‘You’re supposed to hopefully get married …’
At this, Mr Johnson looked flustered and replied, ‘I didn’t want to drag that in, I’ll have to unplug it as they say … I think the massive testing will help before Easter, hopefully long before Easter, but I think I should be able to plan a much busier summer and lots of happy bridal events across the UK. ”
Boris Johnson said that 2020 had been “in a way a year to forget.” But he said in the online question and answer session: ‘The new year brings with it new hope.
“If we hold our ground these last few months, I know that we will defeat the virus in the same way that we have fought it from day one, and that is together.”
He said he wanted more to be known about how people without symptoms could spread the coronavirus in the early days of the pandemic.
The Prime Minister said: ‘The truth is that in this country we did not have that experience that some countries in the Far East have, of Sars.
“ They had a history of knowing these very difficult respiratory infections, which we did not have.
‘There will be a lot of work to be done to analyze the lessons that can be learned.
“ I think the only thing I wish I had understood in the early days … I just wish we had realized how much the disease can be transmitted without symptoms.
‘If we had known that single fact, it would have made a huge difference in our early response.
We know it now. And that’s why testing is so crucial. ‘
