It appears that Boris Johnson has lived up to his famous Bumbling Boris nickname.
During an interview on BBC Radio 4′s PM show on Wednesday, the Foreign Secretary sounded rather clueless when asked about a key point of the Queen’s Speech.
Asked by presenter Eddie Mair what the Government will do to tackle “burning injustices” and “ensure the criminal justice system stops treating black people more harshly than white”, Johnson was uncharacteristically without a word.
“Well there are measures in the…er…believe in the, er, the bill on the courts, which I, I think is supposed to er, address some of those issues and I think one thing in particular that, er, we’re, we are looking at, is, um…”, he struggled.
The Tory minister, sounding worn out amid rustling papers, continued: “…measures to…hang on a second.”
Twitter did anything but.
Hilarious yet worrying interview with @BorisJohnson on @eddiemair PM. Car crash doesn't begin to explain it. No answers to massive issues
— Robbie Jones (@7rjones7) June 21, 2017
"One thing in particular that, er, we are, er, we are looking at, is to, er,[MASSIVE SIGH]Hang on a second…[SHUFFLES PAPERS]" #competence https://t.co/1pGHbryOXI
— Lucy Barnes (@alittleroad) June 21, 2017
Humiliating car crash interview from @BorisJohnson on @eddiemair @BBCRadio4 Listen from 25:45 – absolutely shocking https://t.co/rvjPhtIxkL
— Amar Mashru (@dr_amar_mashru) June 21, 2017
Eddie Mair: "What's in Queen's Speech re PM's pledge burning injustice of black people being treated harshly?
Boris: "Er..Hang on a second."— Alan Travis (@alantravis40) June 21, 2017
"Hang on a second"
Boris on R4 when asked how gov was going to deal with 'burning injustices'!!! #cockwomble— Alexandra (@AlexandraPeel) June 21, 2017
For those of you who missed Boris Johnson's interview with Eddie Mair on @BBCRadio4 today. pic.twitter.com/528aGH8w7Z
— Barnaby Edwards (@BarnabyEdwards) June 21, 2017
Some wondered whether Johnson would receive the same amount of criticism that was piled onto shadow home secretary Diane Abbott when she mistook policing figures on an LBC radio show during the election campaign:
@BBCPM @eddiemair listening to @BorisJohnson reminded me a lot of #DianeAbbott. Will he be pilloried?
— Paul Hodgson (@yellow69salmon) June 21, 2017
Let's see if Eddie Mair's interview with the ever incompetent Boris Johnson gets as much press coverage as it would if it were Diane Abbott. https://t.co/Ykm6WOhsuR
— Carlene Carter (@CarleneC1001) June 21, 2017
Wonder if Boris Johnson's stuttering, paper shuffling, clueless car crash interview on #PM will get same traction as Diane Abbott's did? ??
— Carl Jones (@CarlDJones) June 21, 2017
It astounds me that people give Diane Abbott shit for poor interviews and then still support the blithering idiot that is Boris Johnson
— emily (@emxlydixon) June 21, 2017
Earlier this month, Johnson found himself in hot water during a BBC Radio 4 Today show interview, when presenter Mishal Husain urged him to “please stop talking” about Abbott while Johnson was attempting to ridicule the possibility of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP as Home Secretary.Moral of the story?
People in covfefe houses shouldn't throw covfefe. https://t.co/M7oK5Z6qwF
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 1, 2017
