For a while it looked as if Boris Johnson might have been hiding in a fridge for a second time. Good Morning Britain’s interview with the prime minister had been scheduled to start at 8.15 and by 8.25 there was still no sign of him. Back in the ITV studio, Richard Madeley was having to fill time with a Zoom interview with Patrick Kielty. The Irish comedian and presenter used the dead air to remind everyone that Johnson was a liar so the time wasn’t entirely wasted.
It certainly teed things up nicely for Susanna Reid when a crumpled and pasty-faced Johnson eventually joined her in his Downing Street study just before 8.30. After reminding him that it had been 1,791 days since he had last appeared on GMB, Reid cut to the chase. “Are you honest, prime minister?” she asked. “Yes,” replied the Convict. The interview had run for less than 20 seconds and Johnson had already told his first lie.
