.BorisJohnson has been criticised for taking the phone of a journalist who tried to show him a picture of a boy sleeping on a hospital floor.
Boris Johnson has been criticised for taking the phone of a journalist who tried to show him a picture of a boy sleeping on a hospital floor. The UK prime minister was accused of not caring about Jack Williment-Barr, a four-year-old with suspected pneumonia taken to Leeds General Infirmary. He was invited multiple times to look at a photo of the boy waiting for treatment lying on a pile of coats in an interview but instead pocketed the phone.
Mr Johnson later took the phone from his pocket, looked at the screen and said "it's a terrible, terrible photo, and I apologise obviously to the family and all those who have terrible experiences in the National Health Service ". Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn held a picture of Jack up at a rally in Bristol on Monday afternoon and said the Tories have had “nine years to fund our NHS properly”.
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