Fiona Bruce has sparked backlash after calling Stanley Johnson’s alleged domestic abuse, in which he broke his wife’s nose and left her hospitalised, a ‘one-off’.
In it, it is alleged that the PM’s parents had a ‘violent and unhappy’ relationship before they divorced in 1979.At the time of the book’s release, Stanley is said to ‘deeply regret’ the alleged incident, declined to comment when approached and said he had not read the book.
Fiona intervenes to say: ‘I’m not disputing what you’re saying, but just so everyone knows what this is referring to. ‘But it’s the system, we need to look at the system where these nominations happen. Why should any Prime Minister good or bad be allowed to do this?The clip has sparked outrage on social media, with one person writing: ‘In the week of ‘International Women’s Day’ Fiona Bruce states Stanley Johnson broke his wife’s nose ‘but it was only a once off’ staggering!!!’Another penned: ‘“One off” domestic violence is still domestic violence.
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