Boris shows solidarity with Carrie – by giving up booze until the birth

BORIS JOHNSON has made a personal sacrifice to show solidarity with his pregnant wife – he’s giving up alcohol until the baby is born.

The Prime Minister, who has been on a health kick since contracting Covid last year, has vowed that he will not touch a drop until Christmas, when the couple’s second child is due.

Friends say his abstinence has also been spurred by the challenges he faces in this autumn, when he will set out a series of flagship policies.

They include a new £10billiona-year ‘health tax’ to tackle the NHS backlog and reform social care, drawing up environmental policies ahead of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, devising a winter plan for Covid-proofing the economy, announcing a crackdown on crime, and thrashing out a spending review with Chancellor Rishi Sunak.

Carrie Johnson, who has one-yearold son Wilfred with Boris, said she was looking forward to welcoming a ‘rainbow baby’ – a healthy child born after a miscarriage – in December. Mr Johnson, who was 16st 7 lb when he caught Covid, has shed nearly 2st through a combination of diet and exercise since recovering from the illness.

His wife has played a key role in ensuring that he eats healthily and moderates his alcohol intake. The Prime Minister has cut out ‘late-night cheese’, eats less chocolate and runs regularly – forcing him to splash out on a new wardrobe of suits.