Are you sure about that Theresa? May labels Boris Johnson a 'FFS' during PMQs
THERESA MAY turned the tables on Labour after an MP jibed that Boris Johnson was unfit to serve in Cabinet during PMQs.
"He's a fine foreign secretary" - May defends of Boris
The PM’s quick-witted response was prompted after Peter Dowden accused the Foreign Secretary of having “chronic foot and mouth disease”.
Mr Johnson has been under scrutiny after he criticised the Saudi Arabian government days before he and Mrs May travelled to the oil-rich kingdom.
Asking if Mrs May regretted her surprise appointment Mr Dowden said: “In the light of the Foreign Secretary’s display of chronic foot and mouth disease, when deciding on Cabinet positions does the Prime Minister now regret that penciling FO against his name should have been an instruction and not a job offer.”
The snide remark was received with roaring cheers and laughter on the Labour bench.
However, the self-congratulating MPs were quickly silenced as the PM slapped down suggestions she had made a mistake by appointing the former London Mayor.
Theresa May said Boris Johnson was a ‘FFS' - a fine foreign secretary
Leaping to Boris Johnson’s defence, Theresa May retorted: “I have to say the Foreign Secretary is a doing an absolutely excellent job.
“He is in short a FFS – a fine foreign secretary.”
FFS is more commonly used as an abbreviation for "for f***s sake".
After the fiery response, PMQs turned confrontational as Jeremy Corbyn criticsed the Conservative Government for failing Britain's elderly.
Clashing over social care, the PM took aim at Labour councils who did not choose to raise council tax, saying the issue had been "ducked by Governments for too long".
Peter Dowden said Mr Johnson had ‘chronic foot and mouth disease’
He is in short a FFS – a fine foreign secretary
When pressed to reform the social care system by the Labour leader, Mrs May rounded on previous Labour administrations for their own failings.
"Let’s talk about 13 years of Labour in government. In 1997 they said they would sort it in their manifesto," she roared.
"13 years and no action whatsoever. We're going to have to come up with a plan for that."
The PM also heralded Wednesday's unemployment figures, which show Britain's jobless rate hit its lowest level in more than a decade, as the economy continues to power through in the wake of Brexit.