Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including the latest from the Tory leadership contest and Boris Johnson’s LBC phone-in
Jeremy Hunt, Boris Johnson’s rival in the Tory leadership contests, says he will take questions from people on Twitter this evening as a substitute for the debate that Sky News was planning to hold but which got cancelled because Johnson would not attend.
Tonight I was meant to be debating Boris Johnson on Sky, answering questions about our plans for Britain. Sadly, Boris has pulled out – which I don’t believe is fair on you, the public. So from 8pm I will be answering as many of your questions as poss – tweet me using #BoJoNoShow
The most unusual revelation from the two Boris Johnson interviews we’ve had this morning came in the TalkRadio one, where Ross Kempsell asked Johnson what did to relax. Johnson said that he painted, and that he liked making models of buses. He explained:
I get old wooden crates … and I paint them and they have to contain two wine bottles. And it will have a dividing thing. And I turn it into a bus and … I paint the passengers enjoying themselves.
