On the final day of election campaigning in Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been accused of hiding in a refrigerator in an attempt to dodge an interview with TV anchor Piers Morgan.
While in Yorkshire on Wednesday morning, the man who has vowed to get Brexit done was approached by the Good Morning Britain programme as he visited local business Modern Milkman.
“Morning, Prime Minister, would you come on Good Morning Britain, Prime Minister?” asks reporter Jonathan Swain before Johnson’s aide appears to mouth an expletive in response to the request.
The video then cuts back to seemingly stunned show hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid who utter “oooh!” in unison as footage continues to emerge of Johnson and his team giving reporter the cold shoulder.
“I’ve just had a reaction from one of the minders. OK, no need to push, thank you very much,” Swain can faintly be heard saying as Boris continues to walk in the other direction.
“I’ll be with you in a second,” the prime minister says before turning his back on the crowd and walking directly into an oversized refrigerator. “It’s a very frosty reception we’ve had so far,” Swain said while laughing.
Great to see @BorisJohnson out on the campaign trail in Yorkshire this morning! Sorry to hear about the chilly reception mate. #fridgegate pic.twitter.com/OXs9JBjTwu
— ?MΛG!D (@MagicMagid) December 11, 2019
Footage of the incident circulated widely on Wednesday morning with #fridgegate swiftly becoming the top trend in Britain. Within an hour, almost 21,000 tweets had been sent regarding Johnson’s icy retreat. While some expressed sheer dismay, others were flabbergasted by the prime minister’s actions.
“Great to see @BorisJohnson out on the campaign trail in Yorkshire this morning! Sorry to hear about the chilly reception mate. #fridgegate,” tweeted politician and activist Magid Magid, while sharing an image of a fridge on the roadside.
It’s not been a great week for Johnson: On Monday he was accused of pocketing a reporter’s phone while refusing to look at an image of a sick child on a British hospital floor and on Tuesday, Labour lawmaker Rosena Allin-Khan said he copied her Love, Actually idea for a campaign ad.
Actor Hugh Grant also criticised Johnson’s attempt to re-create the scene from the much-loved 2003 Christmas film.
Source: Stuff
Featured Image: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson carries a crate of milk bearing the Conservative Party campaign slogan at Greenside Farm dairy business. Photo / Stuff
