Banners protesting against Boris Johnson flown over Premier League games

By PA News

Published: 17:43, 22 January 2022

| Updated: 18:00, 22 January 2022

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A sign protesting against Prime Minister Boris Johnson is flown over Manchester United’s Premier League match with West Ham at Old Trafford, Manchester (PA)

Banners reading “Boot him out! – StopBoris.com” were flown over Premier League matches held at Old Trafford in Manchester and Elland Road in Leeds on Saturday.

Campaign group Open Britain told the PA news agency it had “booked the aircraft”, adding it was taking its “campaign fighting to have Boris Johnson removed from power…to the skies”.

✈️Live from #MUNWHU and #LEENEW – we've taken the campaign to #StopBoris to the skies.
The country no longer wants him as PM – now's the time to boot him out and the place to make it happen is https://t.co/Ju4EKNP2Uw pic.twitter.com/tQa5otAnmw
— Open Britain (@DU_2024) January 22, 2022

The group said it had decided to “increase public pressure after the Prime Minister failed to step down this week”.

The website displayed on the banner links to a petition calling for the Prime Minister to be “removed from power”, which currently has more than 77,000 signatures.

Leeds United played Newcastle United at Elland Road, with a banner also seen at Old Trafford where Manchester United faced West Ham.

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