British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has forbidden ministers from attending the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) gathering of the global elite in Davos next month.
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After leading the Conservative Party last week to its biggest election win since Margaret Thatcher’s landslide victory of 1987, Johnson pledged to run a “people’s government” that would deliver Brexit and repay the trust placed in him by voters in former strongholds of his Labour opponents.
“Our focus is on delivering for the people, not champagne with billionaires,” said a Downing Street source on Tuesday, referring to the annual gathering in the Swiss ski resort of politicians, business leaders and celebrities.
The move echoes American President Donald Trump, who banned senior officials from attending Davos in 2017 shortly after he took office.
Davos may be one of the few foreign trips that Trump takes in 2020. He will be focused on his re-election campaign ahead of the November 2020 election and aides do not expect him to travel widely abroad.
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