Boris Johnson angry at being asked questions is a most revealing (and jaw-dropping) watch
People everywhere are praising Sky News deputy political editor Sam Coates for this brilliant interview with Boris Johnson which has now been watched the thick end of 2 million times.
The Prime Minister was questioned in the wake of the Conservatives’ historic by-election defeat and it’s 9 minutes very well spent.
The whole thing is a fascinating, frequently jaw-dropping watch, but if you really want to cut to the chase, click to the 8 minute mark.
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Full interview – hear the PM accuse me of “breaking the golden rule” – answers on a postcard…. pic.twitter.com/pHOpfLRNl5
— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) December 17, 2021
Surely no-one should be shocked by Boris Johnson by now and yet that was really quite something. Gets on his little tippy-toes and everything.
And here are just 9 of the things people were saying about it.
1.
This is utterly brilliant by Sam Coates. Johnson has lost the confidence of some of his party, more of the electorate, authority and with it the bluster he once had. Here he tries to tell a journalist what questions to ask. Extraordinary. https://t.co/5yjjOqaSrz
— Adil Ray OBE (@adilray) December 17, 2021
2.
I honestly haven't been able to stop watching this all do. I think this clip tells us more about Johnson than almost anything else he has said or done since becoming PM. https://t.co/ejtGaGimLg
— Chris Curtis (@chriscurtis94) December 17, 2021
3.
Masterclass here from @SamCoatesSky in how to interview @BorisJohnson: you're blaming the public and the media for #NorthShropshire https://t.co/C7A4Xv9Rmm
— Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) December 17, 2021
4.
Sam is precise, measured, tenacious and entirely fair in this exchange.
The way that Mr Johnson loses his temper at the end as he realises that no matter how hard he tries, the rule-breaking, lies, and laughter that underpin his number one MO will not deter Sam is telling. https://t.co/yrPMO4V6qq
— James Mitchinson (@JayMitchinson) December 17, 2021
5.
https://twitter.com/MarieAnnUK/status/1471863638994690053?s=20
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I’m sorry but it is genuinely funny that Boris Johnson‘s response to everything is “the media has spent too much time reporting on my various crimes”.
— Nish Kumar (@MrNishKumar) December 17, 2021
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Johnson blaming the media for reporting sleaze and Covid parties shows he’s learned nothing from North Shropshire.
Doubly funny when he was a propagandist infamous for making up stories.
— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) December 17, 2021
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https://twitter.com/TobyonTV/status/1471832722264010754?s=20
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Johnson’s full-length interview with @SamCoatesSky is astonishing. Cornered by reality, he becomes increasingly enraged until at 8:20 he snaps, barking out ‘That is exactly the kind of question that breaks the golden rule!’ What golden rule? Lèse-majesté?pic.twitter.com/bgSX6yyzjn
— Nicholas Pegg (@NicholasPegg) December 17, 2021
To conclude …
Absolutely brilliant interviewing 👏👏👏
— Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) December 17, 2021
And this.
I would like to blame my unpopularity on witnesses noticing me do crime pic.twitter.com/xjQb0riDRe
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) December 17, 2021
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Source Twitter @SamCoatesSky