BBC's Andrew Neil issues challenge for Boris Johnson to commit to interview

BBC presenter Andrew Neil has torn into UK prime minister Boris Johnson for refusing to commit to an interview with him.

With voters set to go to the polls next week, Neil said that he wanted to put "questions of trust" to Johnson.

“There is no law, no Supreme Court ruling, that can force Mr Johnson to participate in a BBC leaders’ interview. But the prime minister of our nation will, at times, have to stand up to President Trump, President Putin, President Xi of China. So it was surely not expecting too much that he spend half an hour standing up to me," he said.

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