Difficult questions of trust for PM on tour of England’s north-east suggest Tory ‘sharp practices’ could be backfiring
“Yes, what was that?” said
Boris Johnson, affecting bafflement when asked about the Conservative party’s
Twitter feed masquerading as a fact-checking service during the debate on Tuesday between the party leaders.
The prime minister appeared to be suggesting his own party’s official communications channels had nothing to do with him; he argued it was not for him to “invigilate absolutely everything” on the internet.