Skip to main content
Downing Street defends Johnson's failure to visit flooded areas as more weather warnings issued
A car makes it's way along a flooded road near to the A338 between Ringwood and Fordingbridge in Hampshire

DOWNING STREET defended Boris Johnson’s failure to visit flood-hit areas today as a series of new weather warnings were issued across Britain. 

The PM has come under fire in recent weeks for failing to visit communities up and down Britain.

This position is in stark contrast to his visibility during the last floods that took place during the general election. 

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
Stop the War demo
Features / 10 June 2026
10 June 2026

PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE explains why opposing war is inseparable from defending jobs, wages and public services – and why readers should come to the London Peace Conference on Saturday June 20

A plume of smoke rises after a strike in Tehran, Iran, March 2, 2026
War / 2 March 2026
2 March 2026

Tehran retaliates with attacks on Israel, the Gulf Arab states and crude oil flows

US vice president JD Vance, as Foreign Secretary David Lammy welcomes him to Chevening House in Kent, during his visit to Britain, August 8, 2025
Far Right / 13 August 2025
13 August 2025
16/7/24 of Hefin David MS stands outside the Senedd, the Welsh parliament building in Cardiff
Wales / 13 August 2025
13 August 2025