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

Prime minister ridiculed over apparent location confusion in since-deleted tweet

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".