Boris Johnson today took time out of his busy schedule juggling the coronavirus crisis and last-minute Brexit negotiations to join fiancee Carrie Symonds in a phone call to a Christmas Eve bell-ringing campaigner. The Prime Minister spoke with organiser Mary Beggs-Reid, saying that he, Ms Symonds and baby son Wilfred 'will be out ringing bells'. Mary Beggs-Reid, from Harrogate, North Yorkshire, had claimed her event, designed to help combat loneliness over Christmas, is 'more needed now than ever' ahead of her call with Mr Johnson on this morning. Boris Johnson today took time out of his busy schedule juggling the coronavirus crisis and last-minute Brexit negotiations to join fiancee Carrie Symonds in a phone call to a Christmas Eve bell-ringing campaigner'He said him, Carrie and Wilfred will be out ringing bells to help Santa on his way,' she said. The 41-year-old, who works as an estate manager, was contacted by No 10 after Mr Johnson expressed an interest in ringing bells on Christmas Eve.

Source: Daily Mail December 22, 2020 21:25 UTC