BOJO BLAST
Boris Johnson roasted by single mum and nurse in live voter phone in on LBC
BORIS Johnson was roasted today by a single mum and a nurse as he took part in a live Q&A on LBC radio.
The PM was pressed by voters this morning with just 13 days to go before the election, but he came out a little battered.
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SINGLE MUM BLAST
Single mum Ruth rapped the PM for comments he made about lone mothers 25 years ago, calling them "uppity and irresponsible".
"Why are you happy to criticise people like me when you refuse to discuss your family?" she stormed.
Boris insisted he meant "no disrespect to you or anybody" and stressed that they were "written before I was even in politics".
He added: "The quotations used are absolute distortions of what I say and what I think."
The PM also tried to convince a nurse named Janet to stay in the NHS, saying she couldn't wait to retire.
However, failed to be swayed by his pledges to hand back bursaries and put more cash into the health service.
She told him: "This has done nothing to convince me to go to work on Monday, not at all."
Elsewhere in the interview:
- He refused to confirm AGAIN whether he'll appear on the BBC for a grilling from veteran broadcaster Andrew Neil.
- He insisted that if Donald Trump wanted to trade off the NHS in a post-Brexit deal, he would "walk out" of talks
- But he warned him not to get involved in the UK's election when he comes to town next week
- Boris revealed he'd tried a vegan sausage roll - but couldn't say how much a regular one costs in Greggs
- And he refused to say whether he would put Jacob Rees Mogg back into the Cabinet after his offensive comments about the Grenfell victims
- The PM sparked rumours there could be another "Baby Johnson on the way" after he dodged questions on his family life
- He said too that he would rather get Britain out of the EU than be PM
Earlier this week Jeremy Corbyn was ripped to shreds by Mr Neil in a half an hour interview, but Boris dodged questions on whether he will do the same.
He told presenter Nick Ferrari: "I am much happier to talk about my policies, rather than endlessly going on about the media.
"What people really want to hear is what we are doing to take the country forward."
Last night Boris avoided to answer five times, and would only say he would have "all sorts of interviews with all sorts of people".
No10 and the BBC have said they have failed to fix a date so far.
The grilling comes after the PM was blasted for not attending a Channel 4 climate change debate last night.
But Boris insisted that "I can't do absolutely everything" and the Conservatives have a "fantastic record on climate change".
Micheal Gove tried to take part in his place but the other candidates refused to have him.
An ice sculpture was put in his place instead, but Boris said it was a "shame" that was discussed more than climate change was.
NOT FOR SALE
The PM has been accused of putting the NHS up on the table for trade talks by Jeremy Corbyn, which has repeatedly denied.
Today he insisted that the health service is "not for sale" at all under "any circumstances".
"If the US or any other country to insist on that being a condition of talks, we would simply walk out.
"It is perfectly obvious that if any party were so mad as to go down that route, they would never be elected."
He also stressed in a warning shot to Trump that other leaders should stay out of our elections.
The US President is due to making a flying visit to the UK for a Nato summit next week - but Tory chiefs fear he will throw a spanner in the works of their campaign.
BABY JOHNSON?
Boris also refused to answer repeated questions about his family life, saying it wasn't what voters wanted to talk about.
Mr Ferrari probed him, asking: "How many children do you have?
"Are you fully involved in all their lives?
"Can you tell me there's not another Johnson on the way?"
But Boris replied: "I don't think this is what the nation wants to hear! The nation wants to hear how we are going to deliver Brexit…"
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