A LABOUR MP has offered a brilliant comeback after being asked what he would “like to hear” from former prime minister Boris Johnson.
Clive Lewis – Labour MP for Norwich South – made the comment whilst appearing on the BBC’s Politics Live programme on Tuesday.
We previously told how Lewis (below) protested as he took the swearing-in oath upon becoming MP.
When asked by presenter Jo Coburn what he would “like to hear from him [Boris Johnson]”, Lewis responded: “That he’s one of the millionaire tax exiles leaving the country, perhaps. “That would be a good piece of news.”
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Met by complaints from some of the other guests on the show – including Tory mayor of Tees Valley Lord Ben Houchen and Observer editor Sonya Sodha – Lewis then added: “Maybe an apology? Maybe some contrition?
@Jo_Coburn - What would you like to hear from him (Boris Johnson) Clive?
— Mike H (@mikoh123) October 8, 2024
Clive Lewis - That he’s one of those millionaire tax exiles that’s leaving the country !
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“I’ve never seen that from him.”
Johnson (below) is currently embarking on a national tour of his new book Unleashed, in which he claimed to have found a bugging device in his toilet after a visit from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
He has been embroiled in recent controversies whilst undertaking interviews for his new memoir – including a cancelled interview with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg, after she claimed she had sent him the meeting notes “by mistake” ahead of the interview.
Sky News presenter Beth Rigby also had to pull out of an interview with Johnson at the Cheltenham Book Festival after being told she could not make a recording or transcript of the talk.
Johnson is due to appear in Channel 4’s coverage of the upcoming US election in November, which is set to be hosted by Emily Maitlis and Krishnan Guru-Murthy.
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