‘Teesside, Tyneside, all the same to him’: Johnson appears lost on campaign trail

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Boris Johnson is facing ridicule after he appeared confused about the location of his campaign activity in north-east England.

In a since-deleted tweet, the prime minister called for his followers to vote Conservative in Thursday’s local elections and stated that he was in Teesside where the Conservatives are “delivering a massive programme of investment as part of our plan to level up the whole of the UK”.

Many on Twitter were quick to point out that the prime minister was in Whitley Bay, which is in North Tyneside and not Teesside, about 40 miles away.

Alan Campbell, MP for Tynemouth and opposition chief whip, retweeted the post and said: “The PM believes he was campaigning in Teesside. Actually he was in Whitley Bay North Tyneside. He doesn’t really care where he is or what he says. He doesn’t really care about who he meets or what they care about. Vote Labour on Thursday.”

Quite … :exclamation:

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Your man’s an ill mannered idiot

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Yup, I’m with Alan Campbell, couldn’t have said it better myself :rofl:

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He isn’t the first and won’t be the last to get lost on the election trail, but no matter how much you hate Boris are you really saying the alternative is better? Are you completely bonkers… :rofl:

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Personally, I don’t hate BJ - I just find his sort contemptible and irrelevant while he is self-centred, self-serving, greedy and incompetent … :man_shrugging:

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The trouble is - he always finds his way back!

You are right though, Barry, not much to choose from by way of an alternative.

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Well here is an alternative if you fancy the Lib Dems LibDem Candidate's Pornstar Sideline Revealed - Guido Fawkes

Personally I am more a tractor man.

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Your Geography is even more way off beam than Boris!
I don’t think even Boris would get confused between Council election candidates in the North East of England with a candidate from Wales! :rofl:

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And where in my post did I mention anything about the locations? I did provide a link to a possible councillor as an alternative to vote for

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The thread topic is about Boris in the North East of England - the link you provided looked like it was about a candidate in Wales :woman_shrugging:

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My post was in response to Silver Tabby basically saying who else is there to vote for, I responded with an alternative

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Useful info for anyone living in the Disserth and Trecoed with Newbridge ward, I guess - but those who live in Whitley Bay won’t be able to vote for her. :wink:

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Oh dear! It was supposed to add a little humour to the thread, a joke, a humorous aside, a comic response, something funny etc You failed to comment about the tractor too.

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I don’t know much about tractors but …

I got a brand new combine harvester

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A vacancy now available in Wakefield, that’s up North and not Wales.
From Guido
Convicted sex offender Imran Ahmad Khan has finally given up his Wakefield seat today following his conviction last month. Obviously he had to stick around to collect his April pay in full. Now, at last, he’s gone…

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Hi

Boris, which is his stage name, does not do detail, he never has.