Boris Johnson says he is now ‘as fit as a butcher’s dog’ – and has done some press-ups to prove it.
In an interview with the Mail on Sunday newspaper, he got down on the carpet to demonstrate his fitness.
It comes just months after he fought for his life in intensive care against the coronavirus in April.
Shortly afterwards he described his stay as as one which ‘could have gone either way’.
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But ‘I’m as fit as a butcher’s dog now,’ Mr Johnson said.
After asking: ‘Do you want me to do some press-ups to show you how fit I am?’, the prime minister, dressed in a shirt and tie, then got on the floor to complete some press ups.
‘The country is going to bounce forward, and I certainly feel full of beans. Never felt better.’
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He also used the interview to unveil plans to spend on infrastructure to help Britain ‘bounce back’ after the coronavirus lockdown.
Next week he is expecting to announce a spending blitz as he looks to ‘ready’ the country for the ‘thunderclap of economic consequences’ caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Laying out his vision for the country’s revival, he will use a speech on Tuesday to announce the creation of a taskforce charged with fast-tracking the building of schools, hospitals, roads and even prisons as the UK bids to find a way out of the downturn.
In his interview, Mr Johnson said: ‘This has been a huge, huge shock to the country but we’re going to bounce back very well.
‘We want to build our way back to health.
‘If Covid was a lightning flash, we’re about to have the thunderclap of the economic consequences. We’re going to be ready.’
Downing Street said the speed at which the NHS Nightingale hospitals were created across the country during the deadly outbreak inspired Mr Johnson to set up the infrastructure delivery taskforce, which will be chaired by Chancellor Rishi Sunak.
The group will be told there are now ‘no excuses for delays’ to building programmes after the country demonstrated it can move at pace during a national emergency.
Known as ‘Project Speed’ among officials, the body will sift through the blueprints of major infrastructure projects which are in the pipeline and look to iron out any inefficiencies which could hold-up their delivery and stall the country’s recovery.
The PM told the Mail the country would ‘absolutely not (be) going back to the austerity of ten years ago’ seen under ex-Tory leader David Cameron, with multiple reports saying Mr Johnson is preparing to announce ‘tens of billions’ of pounds of investment.
The Government hopes a building boom will boost jobs and improve connectivity as it looks to drive growth after the pandemic.
A Downing Street spokesman said: ‘The coronavirus response has shown that it doesn’t have to take years to get essential projects off the ground – the Nightingale hospitals and ventilator challenge were up and running in a matter of weeks.
‘As we recover from the pandemic we must apply that same urgency to the major projects at the foundations of this country and get them done right, to truly level up opportunity across the UK.
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‘There’s now no excuse for delays. Infrastructure has the power to rebuild and repair our country – and we will do it better, faster and more strategically than before.’
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