Nish Kumar had the best response to Boris Johnson’s weird phone pocketing moment

John Plunkett. Updated December 9th, 2019

You’ve probably seen by now that moment when Boris Johnson took ITV News reporter Joe Pike’s phone and put it in his pocket rather than look at a picture of an ill 4 y/o boy lying on a hospital floor.

But just in case you haven’t …

Tried to show @BorisJohnson the picture of Jack Williment-Barr. The 4-year-old with suspected pneumonia forced to lie on a pile of coats on the floor of a Leeds hospital.

The PM grabbed my phone and put it in his pocket: @itvcalendar | #GE19 pic.twitter.com/hv9mk4xrNJ

— Joe Pike (@joepike) 9 December 2019

And there has been no end of outraged and/or flabbergasted responses, as you might imagine.

"You've refused to see the photo, you've taken my phone & put it in your pocket Prime Minister" is now my most memorable interviewer's remark of the campaign. https://t.co/nRJR4EwXav

— Stewart Wood (@StewartWood) December 9, 2019

Can there be a clearer demonstration of the Tories trying to hide the reality of the NHS from us than Johnson grabbing a phone with a photo of a 4-year old forced to sleep on an A&E floor and trying to hide it?
And Johnson knows it. Look at his panicked look at the end. https://t.co/hyriCT9mi1

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) December 9, 2019

Quite extraordinary interview https://t.co/QZQI27dzT5

— Robert Peston (@Peston) December 9, 2019

Terry Pratchett used to write (comically) that when those with privilege were faced with something that they disapproved off, they would simply erase it from their reality. He mostly meant it figuratively but I never thought I’d see a *literal* example in real life. Stunned. https://t.co/Z7rQ1WIEyA

— Ralf Little (@RalfLittle) December 9, 2019

Unbelievable reaction. The man doesn't seem to have any compassionate capacity at all. https://t.co/gRx5LGDR4Q

— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) December 9, 2019

Churchillian. https://t.co/ObRNytZNAs

— Hugh Grant (@HackedOffHugh) December 9, 2019

But the best response came from Nish Kumar who said this.

I hope this gets the same level of blanket coverage and media conversation as me having one roll thrown at me. https://t.co/5KN41kwZHE

— Nish Kumar (@MrNishKumar) 9 December 2019

And if you don’t know what Nish is talking about, it was that unfortunate Lord’s Taverners’ charity gig where the audience didn’t appreciate his jokes.

In my defence, it was only one bread roll and it missed me

— Nish Kumar (@MrNishKumar) 3 December 2019

Let’s wait and see just how much coverage it gets …