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Louis Staples
Sep 16, 2019
Boris Johnson’s trip to Luxembourg isn’t going well so far.
The prime minister has cancelled a planned press conference after being booed and heckled with chants of “bog off Boris and “stop Brexit”. as this video posted to Twitter shows.
Following a meeting with Jean-Claude Juncker, Johnson ducked out of his press conference and left an empty podium, which sparked even more jokes about his visit. The picture shows Xavier Bettel conducting a press conference next to the space where Johnson was meant to stand, which looks... Mortifying.
Given the extreme awkwardness of Britain’s PM just… Leaving everyone hanging, there has been lots of reaction online.
Lots of people think Johnson hiding away because of a few boos is pretty cowardly. Particularly seeing as the Tories were, just last week, calling Jeremy Corbyn a “chicken” and Johnson was seen calling him a “big girl’s blouse”.
BOJO NO SHOW FIASCO https://t.co/KC2HFQA0N6— Patrick Smith (@Patrick Smith) 1568647274
“which coping mechanisms work when you’re feeling this way?” https://t.co/yzFCgJpFne— Hannah Jane Parkinson (@Hannah Jane Parkinson) 1568645751
Boris Johnson is Susan Storm. https://t.co/23NAuEJTE9— Ian Dunt (@Ian Dunt) 1568646984
Nice empty podium you've got there, Boris. Sure would be embarrassing if you'd just spent the last few weeks callin… https://t.co/T3iWcOlAy8— Steph Paton ❄️ (@Steph Paton ❄️) 1568646263
Boris Johnson: “Corbyn‘s a chicken! Chicken Corbyn! Hey KFC! Corbyn‘s a scaredy chicken!” Also Boris Johnson: *hea… https://t.co/QP2Ywx2U8B— David Schneider (@David Schneider) 1568647347
Hi I’m Boris Johnson. I’ve spent the last two weeks making my team photoshop Jeremy Corbyn’s face onto a massive ch… https://t.co/u0X5KQVHKm— James Felton (@James Felton) 1568646819
Given Johnson recently compared himself to the Incredible Hulk, which was rebuffed by actor Mark Ruffalo, who plays the comic book character on-screen, people pointed out that this wasn’t exactly “Hulk-like” behaviour.
Extraordinary scenes as Boris Johnson bottles a press conference due to protesters and then Xavier Bettel goes ahea… https://t.co/F8vGvamg3M— Arj Singh (@Arj Singh) 1568643898
It pains me to go down this route, I swore I’d never mention it, but as a statement of fact: Yesterday Boris Johnso… https://t.co/JdyxO6Oe7Y— Tom Peck (@Tom Peck) 1568644983
Boris Johnson is not the Incredible Hulk, he's the Incredible Sulk. https://t.co/9OWrnNeOyk— David Lammy (@David Lammy) 1568644871
Yesterday Boris Johnson compared the UK to the Incredible Hulk. Following discussions with the PM of Luxembourg - a… https://t.co/zYzRRhjI7j— Marion Fellows MP (@Marion Fellows MP) 1568644416
Sure enough, #IncredibleSulk began to trend on Twitter.
“Are you running away Prime Minister?” PM faces hard reality after another botched PR exercise.... Please RT so eve… https://t.co/iBBq1qLvTI— Stephen Doughty MP (@Stephen Doughty MP) 1568642927
The #IncredibleSulk is apparently no match for the PM of Luxembourg. Of course his negotiations with global superpo… https://t.co/UrlkkZGAri— Neil Coyle (@Neil Coyle) 1568646450
#IncredibleSulk https://t.co/VlxzmM4ws9— Wes Streeting MP (@Wes Streeting MP) 1568645422
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