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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Mikey Smith

Boris Johnson suffers brutal heckle during garden centre visit

Boris Johnson suffered a brutal heckle during a visit to a garden centre today.

A passer-by told the Tory leadership hopeful it's "a shame your brother's not running", during a campaign visit to Kent.

Johnson was confronted in Polhill garden centre, near Sevenoaks, during a whistle-stop visit on his campaign trail.

As he toured the centre, a passing woman told Mr Johnson: "Good luck with your preposterous ideas."

She then added "it's a shame your brother's not running" while a man, who appeared to be with her, branded the former foreign secretary "crazy".

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Not everyone was so pleased to see him (AFP/Getty Images)

Mr Johnson's brother Jo Johnson is the Conservative MP for nearby Orpington, which is next to the garden centre's Sevenoaks constituency, represented by Sir Michael Fallon.

An apparently unfazed Mr Johnson only said "thank you very much" before quickly walking away from the pair.

His visit on Monday morning was mostly met with support from shoppers, with many posing for photos or shaking hands with Mr Johnson.

He only spent around 15 minutes at the centre before he was driven by his entourage back to London.

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