Johnson refuses ITV interview
Boris Johnson has refused to do an interview with ITV's Julie Etchingham ahead of the general election, the channel has said.
He is the only leader of a major party to turn down the request from the channel’s Tonight programme, having also declined to be interviewed by the BBC’s Andrew Neil.
Instead, the broadcaster will show footage of recent interviews with other people and archive footage.
A spokesman for ITV said: “The ITV News team making the Boris Johnson Tonight film made the original bid for the Prime Minister when the election was called.
“They have contacted his press team on repeated occasions with times and dates offered to film an interview."
The spokesman added: “Boris Johnson’s team have today confirmed he will not be taking part.
“The programme w...