{"id":24606,"date":"2022-07-27T15:58:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T15:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=24606"},"modified":"2022-07-27T15:58:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T15:58:05","slug":"thousands-of-ukrainians-sign-petition-to-make-boris-johnson-their-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/07\/27\/thousands-of-ukrainians-sign-petition-to-make-boris-johnson-their-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Ukrainians sign petition to make BORIS JOHNSON their PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Thousands of Ukrainians have signed a petition to make\u00a0Boris Johnson\u00a0their Prime Minister in recognition of his support for the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Some 2,500 people have signed the tongue-in-cheek petition, which also wants to grant the\u00a0British Prime Minister\u00a0Ukrainian citizenship, since Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Despite losing domestic popularity and eventually having been forced to announce his resignation after dozens of ministerial departures in early July, Johnson remains a cult figure in\u00a0Kyiv\u00a0for his vocal support of Ukraine as it fights off\u00a0Russia&#8217;s invasion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-9be4f7a0375706b9\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/07\/27\/16\/60759021-11054481-image-a-53_1658936310272.jpg\" alt=\"Some 2,500 people have signed the tongue-in-cheek petition, which also wants to grant the British Prime Minister Ukrainian citizenship, since Tuesday. Pictured: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky welcomes Boris Johnson for a meeting in Kyiv\" width=\"634\" height=\"634\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Some 2,500 people have signed the tongue-in-cheek petition, which also wants to grant the British Prime Minister Ukrainian citizenship, since Tuesday. Pictured: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky welcomes Boris Johnson for a meeting in Kyiv<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1ecef2a06346b1fd\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/07\/27\/16\/60759023-11054481-image-a-54_1658936313565.jpg\" alt=\"The petition (pictured), addressed to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, lists Johnson's strengths as: 'Worldwide support for Boris Johnson, a clear position against the military invasion of Ukraine, (and) wisdom in the political, financial and legal spheres'\" width=\"634\" height=\"455\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The petition (pictured), addressed to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, lists Johnson&#8217;s strengths as: &#8216;Worldwide support for Boris Johnson, a clear position against the military invasion of Ukraine, (and) wisdom in the political, financial and legal spheres&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6d55cc7b102e9435\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/07\/27\/16\/60759017-11054481-image-a-55_1658936317787.jpg\" alt=\"Despite losing domestic popularity and eventually having been forced to announce his resignation after dozens of ministerial departures in early July, Johnson remains a cult figure in Kyiv for his vocal support of Ukraine as it fights off Russia's invasion\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Despite losing domestic popularity and eventually having been forced to announce his resignation after dozens of ministerial departures in early July, Johnson remains a cult figure in Kyiv for his vocal support of Ukraine as it fights off Russia&#8217;s invasion<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"p-22\" class=\"related-carousel with-fb-or-tw news half\" data-track-module=\"am-related_carousel^related_carousel\" data-track-selector=\".rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])\" data-dm-rotator-rotate=\"false\" data-track-pos=\"static\" data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=\"\" data-dm-rotator-auto-init=\"\" data-dm-rotator-active-class=\"active\" data-dm-rotator-page-count=\"1.0\" data-dm-social-article-auto-init=\"\" data-dm-rotator-page-size=\"1\">\n<div class=\"rotator bdrcc\">\n<div class=\"rotator-title\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fb\">\n<div class=\"share\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Paintings, murals, and even cakes in Ukraine&#8217;s capital bear the likeness of the man some Ukrainians affectionately call &#8216;Johnsoniuk.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The petition, addressed to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, lists Johnson&#8217;s strengths as:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Worldwide support for Boris Johnson, a clear position against the military invasion of Ukraine, (and) wisdom in the political, financial and legal spheres.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-91e1f11682f70f46\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/07\/27\/16\/60759025-11054481-image-a-56_1658936342974.jpg\" alt=\"Paintings, murals, and even cakes in Ukraine's capital bear the likeness of the man some Ukrainians affectionately call 'Johnsoniuk'\" width=\"634\" height=\"412\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Paintings, murals, and even cakes in Ukraine&#8217;s capital bear the likeness of the man some Ukrainians affectionately call &#8216;Johnsoniuk&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Several hours after the petition was put up on Tuesday, Johnson presented Zelenskiy with the Sir Winston Churchill Leadership Award for what his Downing Street office described as &#8216;incredible courage, defiance, and dignity&#8217; in the face of Russia&#8217;s invasion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Zelenskiy did not mention the new petition when accepting the award, but he will be obliged to officially respond if it receives 25,000 signatures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Accepting the award via video link from Kyiv, Zelenskiy quoted wartime British premier Churchill, saying that Johnson &#8216;had no thought of quitting the struggle&#8217; when the going got tough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of Ukrainians have signed a petition to make\u00a0Boris Johnson\u00a0their Prime Minister in recognition of his support for the country. Some 2,500 people have signed the tongue-in-cheek petition, which also wants to grant the\u00a0British Prime Minister\u00a0Ukrainian citizenship, since Tuesday. Despite losing domestic popularity and eventually having been forced to announce his resignation after dozens of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":19723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[5090,157,5268,11583,8023,6718,685,11638,5563,5252,5205,5342,9974,9833,5572,12630,2627,3805,9420,3174,3457,11325,5180,5177,5555,2826,8033,6886,4178,3954,464,6974,6874,2472],"class_list":["post-24606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news","tag-boris","tag-boris-johnson","tag-british","tag-capital","tag-citizenship","tag-downing","tag-downing-street","tag-forced","tag-grant","tag-invasion","tag-july","tag-kyiv","tag-leadership","tag-meeting","tag-military","tag-petition","tag-pm","tag-president","tag-president-volodymyr-zelensky","tag-prime-minister","tag-russia","tag-street","tag-ukraine","tag-ukraines-president-volodymyr-zelensky","tag-ukrainian","tag-ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelensky","tag-video","tag-volodymyr-zelenskiy","tag-volodymyr-zelensky","tag-will","tag-winston-churchill","tag-worldwide","tag-zelenskiy","tag-zelensky"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}