‘Boris Force One’ used ONCE after £900k paint job

WhEn Boris Johnson ordered a £900,000 red, white and blue makeover of the RAF-issue prime ministerial plane last year, some critics questioned why the taxpayer needed to cough up nearly £1million just so the PM could look like ‘Austin Powers on tour’.

The previously sombre grey military Voyager A330 aircraft had already been refitted in 2016, at a cost of £10 million under David Cameron’s leadership, to feature 58 business class-style seats — but was used only once by Dave before his resignation.

Following Boris’s sprucing up of the jet, Downing Street boasted that the new look will help the PM ‘better represent the UK around the world with national branding’.

But is it really value for money, Boris? As new figures reveal, the plane — used by the PM, senior ministers and the Royal Family — Len McCLuskey, leader of the unite trade union and cheerleader for Jeremy Corbyn, is no fan of Labour’s current leader. ‘I have no idea what the Labour Party stands for under keir,’ McCluskey told LBC radio yesterday. ‘My personal relationship with keir starmer has broken down,’ he added. What relationship? He’s met sir keir three times since he won the leadership a year ago. has been used just once since its revamp last June (much like ‘Cam Force One’).

While this is partly because of coronavirus travel restrictions, in the previous year the Voyager was used officially only five times.

According to a parliamentary written answer, the plane was used just eight times in 2016-17, ten in 2017-18, and ten in 2018-19.

As Foreign Secretary in 2018, Boris complained: ‘I don’t know who uses it, but it never seems to be available.’ now, we’re asking the same question.