Phil71 wrote:Callum wrote:The leader of the United Kingdom should not duck out of a scheduled press conference because some protestors showed up. It was a scheduled media appearance he was lined up to appear at, and then he cancelled it and ran away.
The Luxembourg PM went ahead with it as planned. Why should he cancel an appearance because of Johnson's cowardice?
The press conference was originally planned for inside the building. On the day (after rent a mob turned up) they decided to move it outside.
It was a deliberate attempt to embarrass the Prime Minister. The silly rant that the Luxembourg PM went off on is testament to that.
Johnson was right to swerve it.
Was he also right to dodge questions during the leadership election, avoid leadership debates, close Parliament to shut up MPs, expell descenting voices from his party and not put forward a single scrap of EU policy other than "leave"?
Taken on its own on this issue you might have a point. But its part of a clear policy to simply not engage with difficult situations.