Boris Johnson’s just been owned by the north of England and it’s a very satisfying watch

John Plunkett. Updated September 13th, 2019

Boris Johnson’s been out and about in the north of England today and it didn’t go much better than it did the last time he tried it.

Last week in Morley – Boris Johnson was told #PleaseLeaveMyTown.

Today – it’s Doncaster.

“People have died because of austerity. And you’ve got the cheek to come here.”#NorthernStrategy pic.twitter.com/J4qmKIAoMN

— Clare Fallon (@clarefallon) September 13, 2019

Here’s a longer clip of the same exchange and it doesn’t get better for the so-called prime minister. Quite the opposite.

"People have died because of austerity, and you’ve got the cheek to come here and tell us austerity's over and it's all good now."

That's what one woman told Boris Johnson during a visit to Doncaster, but he said his government was putting more money into public services. pic.twitter.com/zPcMkBtKIX

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) September 13, 2019

Still, at least it would have been better at his scheduled address. Controlled environment and all that, yeah? Er …

🤐 An audience member asks @BorisJohnson why he has shut down the Westminster parliament. He gets ejected.

👀 First Tories shut down democracy in UK, then they remove people who ask them tough questions. pic.twitter.com/woMg1R1xCI

— Ross Colquhoun (@rosscolquhoun) September 13, 2019

And just some of our favourite things people were saying about it.

Boris Johnson discovering that South Yorkshire women aren’t the easily patronised halfwits he imagined, love to see it https://t.co/8Vys2wsQfX

— Abi Wilkinson (@AbiWilks) September 13, 2019

So much to love here but especially, with regard to @BorisJohnson’s centre piece, flagship policy of 20,000 new police officers.

Doncaster woman: “You’re putting the same amount of police on the streets as what you took off.”

Johnson: “Yes, that’s absolutely true.” https://t.co/GjJtXZM6pp

— Tom Peck (@tompeck) September 13, 2019

Remember when Cummings said we should “get out of London and go talk to people who are not rich remainers” pic.twitter.com/YpGgIx5qJO

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) September 13, 2019

he looks like he misses being far enough away to only hear an indistinct but overwhelming soul-destroying boo

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) September 13, 2019

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