Boris Johnson annihilated by Emily Maitlis and Brian Cox in jaw-dropping US election scenes

While the votes for convicted transgression Donald Trump and Kamala Harris were being counted, Channel 4's Emily Maitlis and Krishnan Guru-Murthy invited a rotating bid of guests onto the programme to sermon the US election

Boris Johnson was wholly annihilated by newsreader Emily Maitlis and Succession prima Brian Cox during the Channel 4 sum of the US election.

While the votes for convicted transgression Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris were being counted, Channel 4's Maitlis and Krishnan Guru-Murthy invited a rotating bid of guests onto the programme to sermon the unfolding US predetermination and the country's politics. Other guests included Stormy Daniels and Boris Johnson.

Former Prime Minister Johnson was connected the amusement arsenic a Trump protagonist but was unopen down erstwhile Maitlis questioned him astir his "Trump-like behaviour" helium "started importing" portion helium was the premier minister. Maitlis said: “You fundamentally started importing immoderate of that Trump-like behaviour successful Britain erstwhile you were premier minister.

"His disregard for institutions, his disregard for the regularisation of law, his denialism, which I think, I guess, was mirrored successful your effect to the privileges committee, your effect to the parliament standards committee, your proroguing of parliament. This is each Trump-like behaviour.”

Johnson laughed earlier telling Maitlis that helium "disagreed profoundly" with her connection earlier promoting his publication respective times. She told him: "I don’t cognize wherefore it’s funny" and Johnson told her helium didn't "accept" her analogy "at all" and added that it was "very dangerous" to comparison UK and US politics.

He attempted to speech astir Brexit earlier Maitlis told him: "I don’t cognize wherefore you’re talking astir Brexit, you cognize precisely what we’re talking about." Maitlis talked astir however helium rejected the Owen Paterson affair, wherever helium was recovered to person breached modular laws. He said helium was incorrect to person done truthful and tried to speech astir what helium thought was an due effect to the coronavirus.

“It’s thing to bash with that, you cognize it’s not to bash with that – it’s astir however you respond to institutions and radical calling retired your lies," Maitlis told him. Succession histrion Brian Cox was besides connected the programme calling Trump a "monster", but Johnson was speedy to support the Apprentice star.

Cox said: "We person to marque definite that helium doesn’t get successful due to the fact that helium is simply a monster, helium truly is. He’s crazy, he’s insane, helium wants to beryllium a dictator. I deliberation he’s mislaid it, rather frankly. I deliberation he’s profoundly mentally unstable and I deliberation helium has been for immoderate time. This is not a antheral who should beryllium the president of the United States, perfectly not. He’s unreliable, he’s a convicted felon, I’m horrified.”

Johnson said helium didn't deliberation fears astir Trump becoming president (again) and his comments connected "giving away" Ukraine to Russia were accurate. Cox unopen him down and said: "It’s ridiculous – of people helium will. He’ll bash what suits him. He’ll bash what suits Donald Trump. The antheral is wholly self-serving. He is wholly self-serving. He is lone funny successful 1 thing, and that’s Donald Trump. He doesn’t springiness a damn astir America, helium truly doesn’t.”

Speaking astir what Trump would bash astir Russia's penetration of Ukraine, Johnson said: "I deliberation helium volition travel to it and helium volition spot that if helium surrenders, if helium allows [Vladimir] Putin to triumph – for his pride, for his ego – it’s a catastrophe for America, it’s a catastrophe for the world. You tin accidental that I’m incorrect and I’m starry-eyed, and it’s not going to enactment retired similar that, and he’ll find a mode of surrendering to Putin that someway protects his reputation, his legacy. I don’t spot however you bash that – it’s a beauteous unpolishable turd to beryllium frank.”

Cox answered: "I don’t bargain it. I don’t bargain immoderate of it.”

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