Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt both promise to knight Ben Stokes after his Cricket World Cup heroics
BOTH Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt tonight promised to KNIGHT Ben Stokes after his heroics in yesterday’s Cricket World Cup Final.
The Tory leadership rivals both pledged to honour the all-rounder after his performance at Lord’s, with BoJo even joking he would make him a Duke.
It would represent the ultimate redemption story for the cricketer, after his involvement in a late night fracas two years ago landed him in court.
During tonight’s Sun and talkRADIO leadership debate, our political editor Tom Newton Dunn asked the pair if they would knight Stokes in a quickfire round of questions.
relished at the question, mumbling that he would give the highest honour possible to the sportsman, up to a “Dukedom.”
then swiftly followed with the answer: “Of course”.
The comments came as Stokes attended a Downing Street bash to honour our cricketing heroes, 24 hours on from what has been called the greatest cricket match of all time.
STOKES’ EPIC PERFORMANCE
Stokes top-scored in the epic battle, with 84 not out, and his crucial runs in the last over, including some overthrows luckily deflected off his bat, saw England reach a super over – where he batted with Jos Buttler to see Eoin Morgan’s men win in incredible fashion.
Both candidates to be PM ruled out calling an early General Election as they clashed for the last time at a debate hosted by The Sun and talkRADIO.
It came as the two Tory rivals appeared to kiss and make up, cracking a string of gags in front of an audience of Sun readers at our London HQ.
Asked by host Tom Newton Dunn if he’d rule out a snap election, Mr Johnson replied: “Absolutely.”
He added: “I think it would be the height of folly. I think the people of this country are utterly fed up with politicians coming back to them offering referendums or elections.”
Mr Hunt tore into his rival for rigidly sticking to the October 31 Brexit deadline – warning it could backfire spectacularly.
He said: “We have got to be very careful. If we get this wrong we will trip ourselves into an accidental General Election long before October 31.
“And we might well give the keys to Downing Street to somebody who will never deliver Brexit. And that will be the biggest betrayal.”
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