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Greg Evans
Dec 01, 2019
On Sunday morning, Boris Johnson made a highly anticipated appearance on The Andrew Marr Show, an interview that was scheduled after Friday's terrorist attack on London Bridge.
The interview had been disputed for several days as the Tories had reportedly only put forward Johnson for the interview with Marr after they had attempted to skip an interview with Andrew Neil.
However, after the attack on London Bridge, where two members of the public were killed, Johnson agreed to the interview, which proved to be quite the spectacle.
Although Marr isn't known for delivering a grilling in the same way that Andrew Neil can, the prime minister often looked completely flustered during the discussion. Perhaps it didn't help that he was almost late.
Boris Johnson has only just arrived at the BBC to do #Marr - cutting it fine. He’s on within 5 mins.— Helen Pidd (@Helen Pidd) 1575192943
Once they got down to it, people were shocked to hear what Johnson was saying, with many branding him a 'liar' after making claims about several important topics.
So Boris Johnson just said that Queens speech was blocked by Parliament. I must have been in a different room or he… https://t.co/jpe2bMtind— Jess Phillips MP (@Jess Phillips MP) 1575194009
Boris Johnson on #Marr is a slow motion car crash of lies, blame-shifting and deflection. No one watching this coul… https://t.co/elfIqmfOwL— David Lammy (@David Lammy) 1575195179
Boris Johnson is blaming Labour's laws on early release for the London Bridge attack, when the Tories have been in… https://t.co/jXnItcD2lk— Femi (@Femi) 1575195248
Boris Johnson just said that the Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay was wrong to claim there will need to be customs de… https://t.co/y5p15fpkiI— Evolve Politics (@Evolve Politics) 1575195056
Boris Johnson just said he wants to deal with poverty. Since the Conservatives came to power in 2010: food bank us… https://t.co/UgYItl1k09— George Aylett (@George Aylett) 1575195047
Just a load of completely rambling gibbering nonsense for 25 minutes from a professional liar and charlatan. That is all that was. #marr— Owen Jones 🌹 (@Owen Jones 🌹) 1575195704
Perhaps the only question that has been clearly answered in this interview is why Johnson is so desperate to avoid… https://t.co/bA9kT6HPVT— Nicola Sturgeon (@Nicola Sturgeon) 1575195230
His take on the Brexit deal also raised eyebrows.
Boris Johnson has just thrown his own Brexit Secretary under the bus, saying there won’t be checks between NI & Gre… https://t.co/XHaRp8F4dw— Toby Earle (@Toby Earle) 1575195272
Boris Johnson furious that Andrew Marr expects him to have read his own BREXIT withdrawal agreement— John Crace (@John Crace) 1575195153
“We don’t have money to invest in libraries until we get Brexit done..” #marr fuck the government and fuck Boris https://t.co/F9rPHA45yu— tony snowden (@tony snowden) 1575195564
Others were just shocked at how badly Johnson performed, in what shouldn't have been a difficult interview.
Boris Johnson: “When are you going to let me finish an answer, by the way?” Andrew Marr: “When you give me an answer.” #Marr— Mic Wright (@Mic Wright) 1575195273
When asked about child poverty: “Get Brexit Done” When asked about the pressures on the NHS: “Get Brexit Done” Wh… https://t.co/NkoWCNOCPJ— Steve Clarkson (@Steve Clarkson) 1575195701
Now the key question about @afneil and Boris Johnson side-stepped it. #marr— Prof Paul Bernal (@Prof Paul Bernal) 1575195304
And yes, you can bet that there were jokes. Lots of jokes.
Honestly, if I wanted to listen to two people talk over each other and run two separate conversations, I'd just wa… https://t.co/o6U7o7PQ4m— Elizabeth Pears (@Elizabeth Pears) 1575194346
Well, I think that was one of our more successful party political broadcasts. At times I could hear Andrew Marr vag… https://t.co/99PFGQqroG— Parody Boris Johnson (@Parody Boris Johnson) 1575195806
Johnson's reaction to forensic questioning is usually buffoonery - when it doesn't work, as with #Marr he resorts t… https://t.co/nkpU89PSKG— Paul Mason (@Paul Mason) 1575194801
me watching Marr and Johnson shouting at each other https://t.co/7xs1VEViaw— Tom Richell (@Tom Richell) 1575194728
FFS.— Owen Jones 🌹 (@Owen Jones 🌹) 1575195417
And after all that, he seemingly agreed to do the Andrew Neil interview. Goodness...
💥Boris Johnson has just agreed to sit down with Andrew Neill 💥 “I’m perfectly happy to be interviewed by any inter… https://t.co/eW3igOjrk3— Pippa Crerar (@Pippa Crerar) 1575195501
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