Nigella Lawson leads roasting of Tory MP who claimed Boris Johnson was ‘ambushed by cake’
Nigella Lawson is leading the chorus of criticism against a British MP who absurdly claimed that Boris Johnson was “ambushed” by a birthday cake.
Conservative MP for Bournemouth West Conor Burns told Channel 4 this week that the prime minister’s birthday celebration in 2020 was not a “premeditated party”.
“As far as I can see, he was in a sense, ambushed with a cake,” he said. “They came to his office with a cake, they sang happy birthday, he was there for 10 minutes.”
The surprise birthday party is the latest in a steady drip of more than a dozen social get-togethers held by government officials at a time when such functions were forbidden.
Lawson, the camp food writer and television cook who has been a British TV mainstay since the early 2000s, slammed the openly gay lawmaker’s bizarre claim on Twitter.
“Ambushed by Cake: it just has to be the title of my next book!” she tweeted Tuesday (25 Wednesday). “#AmbushedByCake.”
Ambushed by Cake: it just has to be the title of my next book! #AmbushedByCake
— Nigella Lawson (@Nigella_Lawson) January 25, 2022
But Burns in an attempt to do what human beings call “humour”, replied to Lawson’s tweet. “It’s yours if you want it?” he wrote back.
var unruly = window.unruly || {}; unruly.native = unruly.native || {}; unruly.native.siteId = 1068722;“Could I include my Granny’s Christmas cake recipe?”
Lawson, however, was not amused. Probably seeing Burns as comparable to a bitter orange tart, she said: “This is just too meta.
This is just too meta. Plus, you think it’s a joke? Says it all https://t.co/5syf68t2N3
— Nigella Lawson (@Nigella_Lawson) January 25, 2022
“Plus, you think it’s a joke? Says it all.”
Nigella Lawson dubbed ‘high priestess’ for burning Conor Burns amid partygateConsidering that beauty that Lawson’s burn to Burns took place on Burns Night, her 2.7 million followers praised the cook for scorching the MP to a crisp.
“Queen Nigella!!” tweeted one user. “#ConorBurns you absolute mug.”
“I thought I couldn’t adore her anymore and then this happens!” another added. “How to burn with style.”
“Nigella Lawson just went from qween to high priestess of us all,” a third user said.
Lawson’s dig at Boris-loyalist Burns is in no way an outlier. Countless people – from lawmakers to budget airlines – have berated Burns for his bizarre defence of Johnson.
The cake “ambushed” Boris Johnson. There he was, minding his own business. Suddenly the cake burst into the room with a ‘eat me’ sign on its side. Johnson was astonished but inadvertently started chomping….#LewisCarroll #JohnsonInWonderCakeLand https://t.co/iF3JF2YXsp
— JOHN NICOLSON M.P. (@MrJohnNicolson) January 25, 2022
It’s still only January and we have our phrase of the year #AmbushedWithACake https://t.co/tPBqBl8lft
— Dearbhail McDonald (@DearbhailDibs) January 26, 2022
The Great British Fake Off #cakeambush #suegrayreport https://t.co/HSz0Vfo4YR pic.twitter.com/HBpoC2gMf1
— Ryanair (@Ryanair) January 25, 2022
"Have you been the victim of a cake ambush that wasn't your fault?" https://t.co/qdndWNnf9L
— Edwin Hayward
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Originally posted on: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/26/nigella-lawson-conor-burns-boris-johnson-cake/