'He could enjoy some sunshine on Leith?': readers react to Boris Johnson's Scottish holiday plans

From a pint in the Foot of the Walk to being quarantined in the Real Mary King’s Close, Evening News readers have offered the Prime Minister a range of travel tips for his anticipated adventure in Scotland.
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Evening News readers failed to disappoint today with some practical, humorous and – at times – scathing suggestions for the Prime Minister following the news he is expected to take a two-week holiday in Scotland later this month.

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Boris Johnson’s holiday plans emerged this morning following a report in The Sunday Times suggesting he, his girlfriend Carrie Symonds and their son Wilfred would travel north of the border for a summer break.

Readers have suggested a holiday pint in the Foot of the Walk for the Prime Minister.Readers have suggested a holiday pint in the Foot of the Walk for the Prime Minister.
Readers have suggested a holiday pint in the Foot of the Walk for the Prime Minister.
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A No. 10 source declined to comment but did not deny the report.

Asked on the Evening News Facebook page whether our readers had any staycation recommendations for Mr Johnson and his family, there was no shortage of suggestions.

"He could enjoy some sunshine on Leith and quaff a few pints in the Foot of the Walk, catch a Sunday football match down at Granton and enjoy a massage on East London Street,” suggested one reader.

Another offered this practical tip: “He could try Seton Sands Holiday Village near Edinburgh. I own two caravans next to each other. One for Boris and family and the other would do for their security.”

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Other readers were less than welcoming with one wondering whether there would be a ‘couple of rooms in Mary King’s Close we could quarantine him in?’

One person posted: “The circus, oh wait they are closed currently! Zoo??”

“I was thinking, because he flaps his arms about, squawks incoherently and s***s all over people, he could holiday on the Bass Rock where he would be at home with the sea birds,” another reader, clearly not a fan of the Prime Minister, added.

A fellow non-fan recommended a stay in the ‘Saughton hotel’ while one reader sent the Prime Minister this message:

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"Welcome to Scotland big cheese. Grab yersel an Irn Bru and a kebab and chill oot in front o the tele.”

It certainly looks like Mr Johnson would get a mixed reception should be be spotted on the streets of the Capital on his holidays.

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