Johnson has yet to agree to a mauling from Andrew Neil. Maybe running away will be less damaging than having his lies exposed again?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...and-faith-live

Boris Johnson has not yet agreed to date for Andrew Neil interview, says BBC

The BBC has said that Boris Johnson has yet to agree a date for an interview with Andrew Neil, as part of the leader interviews series that Neil is doing. It is not hard to guess why Johnson’s team might be having second thoughts. Neil is the most aggressive and forensic interviewer on TV, and Nicola Sturgeon and Jeremy Corbyn were both left looking diminished after their encounters with him this week.

Is it conceivable that Johnson might just refuse point-blank to show up? In a healthy political culture, that would be unthinkable. But sadly there is no law yet saying someone cannot be appointed PM without having given a lengthy interview to Andrew Neil, and Johnson did try to suspend parliament for five weeks for his own political convenience. So it doesn’t seem impossible that he might pull out entirely ...


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For those asking when Boris Johnson's interview will take place, we're in ongoing discussions with his team but we haven't yet been able to fix a date


2:32 PM - Nov 27, 2019