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Army Vet Tells UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson 'You've Got Dandruff' In Awkward Video
03 December 2019
Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to a veterans' center near Salisbury (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been given tips on looking smart while visiting veterans on the campaign trail.
<p>After chatting with Paul O'Rourke through the window of his room at a veterans' campus in Wiltshire, England, the Prime Minister started to walk away – only to be told: “You've got dandruff."</p><script src="https://open.http.mp.streamamg.com/p/3001090/sp/3001090000/embedIframeJs/uiconf_id/30024158/partner_id/3001090?autoembed=true&entry_id=0_vhdavl21&playerId=kaltura_player_5395028727"></script><p>Johnson laughed off the comment as he brushed his jacket, replying: “I've got to watch out for that, thank you."</p><p>O'Rourke, who served in the Royal Irish Rangers, said afterwards: “Someone had to say something."</p><p>The 56-year-old said he had previously lived in a tent before moving to other accommodation and then arriving at the Entrain Space veterans' campus in Wilton, near Salisbury.</p><p><div id="insticator-container" class="embedid-c230ccfe-b34e-4c23-8bb0-aaf80e33dfdf"><div id="div-insticator-ad-1"></div><div id="insticator-embed"></div><div id="div-insticator-ad-2"></div><script data-cfasync="false" type="text/javascript">Insticator.ad.loadAd("div-insticator-ad-1");Insticator.ad.loadAd("div-insticator-ad-2");Insticator.load("em",{id : "c230ccfe-b34e-4c23-8bb0-aaf80e33dfdf"})</script></div></p><p>Johnson also spoke with RAF veteran James Gammer, 46, and his 18-year-old daughter, Daisy.</p><p>Gammer said he had just moved in to the accommodation, having at one stage lived in his car.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image shortcode-media-rebelmouse-proxy-image"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vaW1hZ2UuYXNzZXRzLnByZXNzYXNzb2NpYXRpb24uaW8vdjIvaW1hZ2UvcHJvZHVjdGlvbi8wYWFmZWMyODkyZTdiYTBmZGFkMjkzMjhmMmYyNWNlZVkyOXVkR1Z1ZEhObFlYSmphQ3d4TlRjMU5EWXpPVGt4LzIuNDg3NjQwMDYuanBnP3c9NjQwIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2NzM2Njc0Mn0.KDtWP9ZArTEG6mb0y82VKDQbrnuyoYLi62SeSgOKrHw/img.jpg" id="cfe7b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="346b488f0307a3f04c1446de0027bdc5" alt=""><small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to Paul O'Rourke during a visit to a veterans' center near Salisbury (Stefan Rousseau/PA)</small></p><p><div data-conversation-spotlight=""></div></p><p>Johnson later visited the Salisbury Christmas Market, arriving to cheers, although there was some heckling among the messages of support during his walkabout.</p><p>He stopped at a Turkish Delight stall, selling a tub to a customer while standing in front of a sign which read: “Simply nuts and olives."</p><p>He told the stallholders: “My ancestors come from Turkey."</p><p>One stall tried to tempt the PM with a slate house sign, to which he replied: “Not just now."</p><p>Shouts aimed at Johnson included “Vote Labour," “Get Brexit done," and “Tell me how many children you've got" – to which he did not reply.</p><p>Earlier, the PM issued a stinging criticism of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's security record by accusing him of siding with “our enemies" as world leaders arrived in the UK for a two-day NATO summit.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image shortcode-media-rebelmouse-proxy-image"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vaW1hZ2UuYXNzZXRzLnByZXNzYXNzb2NpYXRpb24uaW8vdjIvaW1hZ2UvcHJvZHVjdGlvbi9jMTliYmJlOWU2N2U0MzQ1NDZjOWY4ZGQ1ODU3ZDk2OVkyOXVkR1Z1ZEhObFlYSmphQ3d4TlRjMU5EWTRNelF3LzIuNDg3NjUzNDMuanBnP3c9NjQwIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxNTg5ODk2M30.mhTMWqCod5cdvMI8kBCTSMhbuDnCfRIhej2m-hgzz3c/img.jpg" id="8659f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="6835e757b7dc9bcfda1895953637991e" alt=""><small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Prime Minister Boris Johnson at a Turkish Delight stall in Salisbury Christmas Market (Stefan Rousseau/PA)</small></p><p>Johnson issued an appeal for NATO unity amid increasing strains within the Western alliance over the conflict in Syria.</p><p>He said the alliance is in “good health" before he was pressed for his message to President Donald Trump.</p><p>The PM told broadcasters: “My message to the president, to all presidents – President Trump, President Macron, President Erdogan, Chancellor Merkel, all our friends – is look, this is a great alliance, it has had fantastic success for 70 years, it has delivered peace and prosperity."</p><p>He urged them to “tackle the threats" as one, noting: “Safety in numbers."</p><p>Asked if he had got a Christmas present for Trump, the PM said he was sure “someone has thought of something suitable" but would not offer a suggestion.</p>
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