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Boris Johnson widely criticised after Andrew Marr interview
Boris Johnson’s appearance on the Andrew Marr Show has been widely criticised.
Social media users have also branded “chuntering” as the word of the day after Marr used the phrase against Johnson.
Opposition leaders and MPs led the way:
How anyone watching this interview can conclude that Johnson has the seriousness, dignity, judgment or sensitivity to be Prime Minister is beyond me. #Marr
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) December 1, 2019
Boris Johnson on #Marr is a slow motion car crash of lies, blame-shifting and deflection. No one watching this could consider this man fit to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) December 1, 2019
Boris Johnson lying again. Jeremy Corbyn does not want to disband MI5. We we committed to giving our security services the resources they need after a decade of cuts under the Tories. #Marr
— Labour Press Team (@labourpress) December 1, 2019
Boris Johnson tries to pretend the Conservatives haven’t been in power for the last ten years 😳#BorisTheLiar #Marr #SocialistSunday #NotForSale pic.twitter.com/nenaANZuFY
— Momentum (@PeoplesMomentum) December 1, 2019
During the interview, Marr accused Johnson of “chuntering” in his answers.
Marr pressed Johnson, saying:
You just keep going on and on and on, you’re chuntering. I need to ask you about the money..
Chuntering – best word of the day #Marr https://t.co/9qMA10duzR
— Portia 🐼 (@poolton_portia) December 1, 2019
Many social media users quickly branded the phrase as the “word of the day”.
Johnson faced questions about the Conservatives’ budget, reported Islamophobia within the party and child poverty in the combative interview.
“You just keep going on, you’re CHUNTERING” #marr pic.twitter.com/XqvSTtVUPc
— Harriet Marsden (@harriet1marsden) December 1, 2019
The BBC had previously said they would not allow the prime minister to appear on the channel until he agreed to an interview with Andrew Neil, who has already grilled Jeremy Corbyn and Nicola Sturgeon.
The broadcaster reviewed this following the terror attack on London Bridge that left two people dead and three injured after convicted terrorist Usman Khan stabbed members of the public.
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Claims of the BBC being incorrigibly biased in favour of the Conservatives ought be reviewed in light of the following article on the front page of the BBC News site.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50620706
Yes, I read this and was initially pleasantly surprised. But after giving it some thought, I have come to the conclusion that even the BBC would have difficulty defending the indefensible i.e. Johnson refusing to accept any role in the last 9 years of Tory austerity, whilst at the same time maintaining even the illusion of impartiality. They could have ignored it of course. However, the fact that it was on BBC 1 makes that a bit more difficult. I think you can add to this the fact that the BBC are a bit miffed about Johnson’s no show on Andrew Neil. As an aside, I think Andrew Marr’s performance was way out of character. It was as if he had a point to prove i.e. he is not a poodle when compared to the Andrew Neil’s rottweiler. The resulting debacle for Johnson was the perfect start to a Sunday morning.
My gran used to use the word chunter but she used it when somebody was moaning or complaining. “Here we go again, moan, gripe, chunter!”