Michael Gove has defended Boris Johnson over him being the only main party leader not to have faced a sit-down interview with the BBC’s Andrew Neil.
Mr Gove claimed the prime minister had already allowed an “unprecedented level of scrutiny”, and had given “more than 100 interviews” over the election campaign period.
Mr Neil issued a challenge to Mr Johnson on Thursday to take part in an interview before next week’s general election.
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