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Jeremy Corbyn mocks Boris Johnson for 'hiding in a fridge'

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has his photograph taken with supporters at a rally in Stainton Village in Middlesbrough, while on the General Election campaign trail.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at the rally in Stainton, Middlesbrough, while on the general election campaign trail (PA)

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has mocked Boris Johnson after the Prime Minister was filmed entering a fridge in an apparent attempt to avoid being interviewed by a TV reporter.

On a campaign stop in Middlesbrough on Wednesday afternoon, Mr Corbyn couldn’t resist a dig at Mr Johnson.

He said: “I’ve not come here to deliver milk, or to hide in a fridge. I’ve come here with a message of hope.”

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell had earlier tweeted: “Yet again Johnson avoids being questioned. He is not fit to be Prime Minister. His behaviour is cowardly, undignified and pathetic.”

Former Tory MP David Gauke, who is standing as an independent candidate in South West Hertfordshire, also weighed in as he posted a photo of himself inside a fridge on Twitter.

He joked that he was “not avoiding” Good Morning Britain presenters Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid by standing inside the device.

On Wednesday morning, reporter Jonathan Swain had tried to get Mr Johnson to take part in a live interview with Mr Morgan and Ms Reid.

Approaching the PM during a visit to a milk delivery business in Yorkshire, Mr Swain persistently asked if Mr Johnson would appear on the programme, to which he said: “Of course I will.”

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He was then seen walking away after loading crates into a vehicle at Greenside Farm Business Park.

Asked again for an interview, the Prime Minister replied: “I’ll be with you in a second” - and then walked into a fridge with staff from the business park.

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