Sebastian Payne

Boris to Ken: you’re a f***ing liar

From the Guardian, reporting on this morning’s Mayoral debate on LBC:

‘We’ve learned that things did not go well in the lift after the hustings was over. Boris went nose to nose with Ken in a small lift and told Ken three times: “You’re a f***ing liar, you’re a f***ing liar, you’re a f***ing liar.” Paddick and Jenny were also squeezed in, alongside James Rea, the LBC managing editor. Johnson’s anger was due to claims made during the hustings by Livingstone about Johnson’s tax arrangements, which the mayor flatly denies. He told me later that Ken’s claims were “nonsense”. Of course at that point we hadn’t heard about the ding-dong in the lift.’

ITV’s Simon Harris reports that Boris’s face was ‘red with rage’ during the confrontation. So far, Ken’s campaign have confirmed the incident, but nothing yet from Team Boris.

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