Emily Maitlis on the Boris Johnson flat refurbishment row went viral because she totally nails it

Poke Staff. Updated April 29th, 2021

Boris Johnson today dismissed the row over his Downing Street refurbishment as a ‘farrago of nonsense’ after the Electoral Commission announced a full investigation into exactly who paid for what.

We mention this because Emily Maitlis’s Newnight introduction last night – about why the story ‘isn’t about furnishing, wallpaper or even John Lewis’ – went viral on Twitter.

It’s brilliantly done and well worth a minute and a bit of anyone’s time.

Emily Maitlis succinctly explaining…

Why. It. Matters#Newsnight pic.twitter.com/D51IXi0URy

— David (@Zero_4) April 28, 2021

And just a few of the things people said about it.

Maitlis is a gem
so clear, so succinct and doing the work of a journalist – telling truth to power

— Clare Taylor💙#FBPE#rejoinEU (@ClareTa97789912) April 28, 2021

https://twitter.com/LiamThorpECHO/status/1387716713794449410?s=20

Brilliant intro and summary of a situation that some can dismiss as trivial but is anything but.

— andrew perry (@Andrew_Perry5) April 29, 2021

Source Twitter @Zero_4