Boris Johnson’s most memorable PMQs – from Partygate to Pinocchio
Outgoing PM never relished being held to account at the dispatch box, as his frequent outbursts have shown
There is much that Boris Johnson will miss when he finally leaves Downing Street in September but having to face the weekly music at prime minister's questions is unlikely to be on the list.
The PMQs experience has frequently been a bruising one for Johnson, who has never been keen on being held to account and much less subjected to the forensic questioning of an opposition leader who honed his interview techniques as former head of the Crown Prosecution Service.
In his first PMQs, Johnson swore in parliament, describing Labour's economic plans as s**t or bust". During a session, he called Jeremy Corbyn a chlorinated chicken", faced down a rousing speech and demands for an apology from Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi about Johnson's racist" comments and had to be stopped from leaving too early ahead of his own spending review.
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