The UK Media will not expose Johnson's unsuitability to be PM.

With a Tory Landslide on the cards it  may be interesting to remind ourselves  that they were also heading for one just before the 2017

Predictions two weeks before the vote[edit]

Parties		Election Forecast[362] as of 26 May 2017	Electoral Calculus[363] as of 28 May 2017	Lord Ashcroft[364] as of 26 May 2017	Elections Etc.[365] as of 26 May 2017	New Statesman[366] as of 26 May 2017
	Conservatives	364	383	396	375	371
	Labour Party	212	196	180	188	199
	SNP	45	49	47	50	55
	Liberal Democrats	8	2	6	10	5
	Plaid Cymru	2	1	2	3	—
	Green Party	0	1	0	1	—
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	—
	Others	1[n 8]	18[n 9]	19	—	—
Overall result (probability)		Conservative majority (94%)	Conservative majority (73%)	Conservative majority	Conservative majority (87%)	Conservative majority

Predictions one week before the vote

Parties		Election Forecast[367] as of 1 June 2017	Electoral Calculus[368] as of 31 May 2017	New Statesman[369] as of 31 May 2017	YouGov[370] as of 1 June 2017	Britain Elects[371] as of 1 June 2017
	Conservatives	379	368	359	317	362
	Labour Party	195	208	209	253	206
	SNP	46	50	54	47	47
	Liberal Democrats	7	3	7	9	11
	Plaid Cymru	2	2	—	3	4
	Green Party	1	1	—	1	1
	UKIP	1	0	—	0	0
	Others	1[n 8]	18[n 9]	—	2	19
Overall result (probability)		Conservative majority (98%)	Conservative majority (71%)	Conservative majority	Hung parliament	Conservative majority

However the Media may have learned their lesson an will not this time show what a complete Dogs Breakfast  the Tories were making of their campaign

The Guardian reports that

Labour has expressed concerns about the BBC’s political coverage after it was revealed that Boris Johnson has still not confirmed whether he will subject himself to a cross-examination by Andrew Neil.
Jeremy Corbyn’s team agreed to take part in the series of one-on-one interviews with the journalist after the BBC told them the prime minister would definitely be doing a similar broadcast next week. However, a BBC source strongly denied they had told Labour that Johnson had confirmed.
The BBC has yet to confirm the date of Johnson’s appearance, leading to Labour concerns that Johnson could be tempted to sidestep scrutiny from one of the broadcaster’s leading political interviewers.
“For those asking when Boris Johnson’s interview will take place, we’re in ongoing discussions with his team but we haven’t yet been able to fix a date,” the BBC said. The Conservatives also said “discussions are ongoing”.
BBC sources insisted that they remained optimistic the prime minister will not be tempted to duck the challenge.
One senior Conservative source expressed surprise that Labour appeared to have been told all the party leaders had signed up to be interviewed by Neil, insisting no final decision had yet been made about Johnson’s participation.Sign up for Andrew Sparrow's Election Briefing The prime minister has agreed to other broadcast events during the campaign, including last Friday’s Question Time special, and the Tories believe that will insulate him from the charge of cowardice even if they decide to skip the Neil interview.
The prime minister has agreed to other broadcast events during the campaign, including last Friday’s Question Time special, and the Tories believe that will insulate him from the charge of cowardice even if they decide to skip the Neil interview.
Corbyn’s interview with the broadcaster resulted in widespread negative press coverage, after the Labour leader did not apologise directly over antisemitism within the Labour party and was grilled over his funding of a £58bn boost for women caught out by changes to the state pension age.

Andrew Neil it a right wing commentator  who  sometimes gives the impression that is aggressive  style of  "cross-examination"  is all about him and the coverage of both the Jeremy Corbyn and Nicola Sturgeon has been used by their opponents with glee.

So would he repeat this style in cross-examining Johnson ?

Certainly the current Prime Minister would fall apart under such scrutiny , but I suspect even if Johnson was to turn up, the BBC and Andrew Neil will give him much more of a easy time than the other leaders.

Certainly the news that   Boris Johnson’s claim that healthcare is “not on the table” in UK and US trade talks has been undermined by the release of official papers that reveal the two countries have repeatedly discussed dismantling protections that keep NHS drug prices down. may not be raised.

Indeed apart from the Guardian ne of the most shocking proof that the Tories plan to sell of the NHS , has been ignored by most of the other media.

Jeremy Corbyn has its faults and Jo Swinson  has not shone during the campaign.

But at least they have met their critics .

Whereas Boris Johnson campaign team banned the only Tabloid (Daily Mirror) who  is  not enthusiastically the Tories  from travelling on the party’s battle bus.


If you are hoping for a repeat of 2017 it might be in vain.