This Disposable Coffee Cup Drama Between Boris Johnson's Aides Is Lighting Up The Internet

This is more The Thick of It than the actual The Thick of It.

You might have missed this incredible moment at the Conservative party conference on Tuesday morning.

Abby Tomlinson @twcuddleston

would absolutely love a long read on the obviously long simmering drama between these two aides

12:00 PM - 01 Oct 2019

Prime minister Boris Johnson was striding through the conference centre in Manchester, being filmed by TV cameras, when his aide — press secretary Robert Oxley — passed him a coffee.

Channel 4

"Thank you," the PM said. "What's this?" But wait! His other aide Shelley Williams-Walker, who runs operations at Number 10, swiftly snatched it out of his hand.

"Oh, oh, oh!" said the PM, waving his hands in the air.

Channel 4

"No. Disposable. Cups," Williams-Walker said quietly to Oxley, who muttered a reply.

Got to keep up those green credentials!

Jack Horwood @JackHorwood

“No disposable cups” now with added VEEP credits. You’re welcome. https://t.co/9prnf37Koa

12:10 PM - 01 Oct 2019

UPDATE

Oct. 01, 2019, at 14:23 PM

Boris Johnson @BorisJohnson

I got my coffee in the end.

02:00 PM - 01 Oct 2019