People love Emma Barnett taking down this Boris Johnson backing Tory MP over facts (and not his private life)

John Plunkett. Updated June 24th, 2019

Boris Johnson backers have a habit of telling people to focus on the facts, not their the PM wannabe’s private life.

So 5 Live’s Emma Barnet did just that, in discussion with Johnson backer, Tory MP Daniel Kawczynski (you might remember him from this), and it went viral because it’s such a great listen.

https://twitter.com/bbc5live/status/1143094085567176709

Here are just a few of the things people were saying about it.

Great work by @Emmabarnett exposing either a misunderstanding or an outright lie: https://t.co/Q2nYWPEIcb

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) June 24, 2019

This is fantastic work, doing the exact thing that needs doing. https://t.co/wNXurZl6qo

— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) June 24, 2019

https://twitter.com/davidallengreen/status/1143114433922764800

https://twitter.com/FelicityHannah/status/1143105591818301440

This is how you pin someone down on the details. Bravo. https://t.co/9KGa8W79o8

— Patrick Smith (@psmith) June 24, 2019

Many 👏 to @Emmabarnett for showing how to hold a politician to account https://t.co/D7ZiBugggZ

— Paul Wiltshire (@Paulwiltshire) June 24, 2019

And this is what Emma Barnett had to say …

Boris Johnson would like us to focus on his policies- as opposed to his personal life. So that’s what I’ve just tried to do…applying facts to the one Brexit no deal policy he’s mentioned…@bbc5live https://t.co/JyqvRZbzFL

— Emma Barnett (@Emmabarnett) June 24, 2019