Great Britain Notes sent by mistake: Interview with Boris Johnson canceled

The British broadcaster BBC cancels an interview with former Prime Minister Boris Johnson at short notice because he was accidentally sent the team's documents in preparation for the meeting. One of the country's best-known political journalists, Laura Kuenssberg, wanted to interview the 60-year-old. Kuenssberg made the mishap public herself on the internet platform X.

"While I was preparing to interview Boris Johnson tomorrow, I accidentally sent him our briefing notes in a message intended for my team," Kuenssberg wrote on X.

"This of course means that it would not be right to continue with the interview," Kuenssberg emphasized. This is very frustrating, he said, and it makes no sense to pretend that this isn't embarrassing and disappointing, because there are many important questions that need to be asked. But honesty is the best policy. The BBC confirmed on X that the interview would not take place, as the BBC and Johnson's team had agreed.

Boris Johnson, who was British Prime Minister from 2019 to 2022, plans to publish his memoirs next week. Excerpts, which were published in advance in the tabloid newspaper "Daily Mail", have been making headlines in the UK for days. Johnson's time in office included the "Partygate" scandal, in which parties were held in Downing Street during the pandemic despite lockdowns.

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