'Please leave my town': U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was told he was not welcome in the most British way possible

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'Please leave my town': U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was told he was not welcome in the most British way possible
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A walkabout in the Yorkshire town of Morley went badly wrong for the British leader.

In a day he might rather forget, the British prime minister Boris Johnson got a mixed reception when he went to meet members of the public on a walkabout.rom the government because of an"unresolvable tension" between his family loyalty and the national interest" over the prime minister's Brexit stance.

The Police Federation of England and Wales as well as several opposition MPs said that Johnson should not have used the police for party political purposes,Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts during a visit with the police in West Yorkshire, northern England, on September 5, 2019. He was told to leave the town of Morley by one resident unhappy with the prime minister's presence in the Yorkshire town.

"I will, very soon," replied Johnson, as the man clapped him on his back and walked away. Footage of the curt exchange via #PleaseLeaveMyTown was retweeted 26,000 times and garnered more than 3 million views.

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