Watch: Ed Miliband and Boris Johnson in angry clash live on BBC's Andrew Marr Show

'Enough from both of you. Shut up now, please. Sorry'

Adam Withnall
Monday 27 April 2015 08:26 BST
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Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband (R) and Boris Johnson, mayor of London, talk on the Andrew Marr show in London April 26
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband (R) and Boris Johnson, mayor of London, talk on the Andrew Marr show in London April 26

Ed Miliband and Boris Johnson have clashed head-to-head in angry scenes live on TV, with host Andrew Marr forced to intervene and tell the pair of them to "shut up".

While the Labour leader stayed relatively calm on the set of the BBC One programme, London mayor Mr Johnson renewed the Tory theme of personal attacks on Mr Miliband by declaring he would "do more damage to the country" than he had to his brother, David Miliband.

The pair were interviewed separately on the Andrew Marr Show before appearing together on the red sofa. With Mr Johnson widely tipped to succeed David Cameron as Conservative Party leader, Marr joked that the exchange could be a preview of future clashes in the House of Commons.

If Sunday morning's exchange was anything to go by, those debates will be hotly contested and loud. Mr Miliband lead on the issue of "non dom" tax statuses, accusing Mr Johnson of supporting "this state-sponsored tax avoidance".

But he too got in his own personal jibes about the mayor's Eton education - after Mr Johnson pointed out that they both went to the same primary school and university, Mr Miliband interjected: "But not the same secondary school."

Asked by Marr about his attacks on Mr Miliband for "back stabbing" his brother David by battling the one-time favourite for the Labour leadership, Mr Johnson said: "I'm not saying your brother had to present himself at A&E with a dagger in his back but he (Ed) would do more damage to this country than he did to his brother."

The Labour leader responded by laying the blame for the attacks on Conservative campaign guru Lynton Crosby.

"Come on Boris. You are better than that - don't just do what Lynton says to you. If you become leader of the Conservative Party I would get rid of Lynton if I were you, he doesn't do much for you," he said as the two politicians talked over each other.

As Mr Johnson sought to get in the last word as the credits rolled, Mr Marr said: "Enough from both of you."

As he continued, he told him: "Shut up now, please. Sorry."

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