Boris Johnson celebrates finally getting Brexit done with £350 red wine – and he’s already nabbed a blue passport
BORIS Johnson celebrated finally getting Brexit done with a £350 bottle of posh red wine – and he’s ALREADY bagged himself a blue passport.
A triumphant Prime Minister toasted the victory on Friday night with a 1994 vintage Chateau Margaux sent to him with a message for it NOT to be drunk until Britain was out of the EU.
The pricey bottle of claret was sent to him as part of the will of a Tory party member, the Mail on Sunday revealed.
Earlier Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom had tweeted a snap of herself with the PM and former Labour MP Gisela Stuart, where he was clutching a new blue passport.
Boris made sure his Brexit arrived with a bong on Friday evening with one of his own.
He marked the historic moment by striking a Chinese ornamental gong for 80 guests at a Downing Street reception.
Ministers, aides and officials who had assembled in the state room at No10 counted down the final seconds to Britain’s EU departure at 11pm on Friday.
He hosted the gathering in No10 for his troops as tens of thousands of people gathered outside to witness the moment Britain finally broke free.
In a speech to his guests, Mr Johnson hailed the nation’s “historic turning point” and declared: “We did it!”
He added: “This is the start of something fantastic and different.
“We took back control tonight. This is a fantastic moment in the life of our country.
“There are very few moments in our lives that really can be called an historic turning point — and this is it.
“This is not the end. It’s not even the beginning of the end or the half in the middle. It is the beginning of the beginning.”
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The PM’s girlfriend Carrie Symmonds even put a Union Jack coat on the couple’s pet pooch, Dilyn.
Guests tucked into traditional British fare — savoury shortbread with Shropshire blue cheese, crab cakes and mini Yorkshire puddings with roast beef and horseradish sauce, swilled down with Gusbourne sparkling wine that’s produced in Kent.
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