No 10 denies Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds caught ‘in flagrante’ in his office when MP walked in
The IndependentSign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Boris Johnson and his then girlfriend Carrie Symonds were not caught “in flagrante” when a government minister walked in on them in Mr Johnson’s Commons office as foreign secretary, Downing Street has told The Independent. It’s neither here nor there.” Put to the individual that Mr Johnson’s private conduct as foreign secretary in his official parliamentary office was a legitimate matter of public interest, the Downing Street source said: “Conor has said it’s not true. A second source said that Mr Burns, one of Mr Johnson’s most loyal supporters, was “seriously shaken” after stumbling on Mr Johnson and Ms Symonds unannounced. The claim that Mr Johnson and Ms Symonds were found in a “compromising situation” by an unnamed Tory MP was first made in a biography of Carrie Johnson by Tory Lord Ashcroft earlier this year.
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