UK / I think you need to mute: UK PM after German Chancellor interrupts him at G7 meet

During a virtual G7 meeting, UK PM Boris Johnson was accidentally interrupted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel while he was stating that he wanted a face-to-face meeting at the G7 summit in June. "Can you hear us Angela, I think you need to mute," Johnson jokingly said. US President Joe Biden and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau also attended the meeting.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Feb 21, 2021, 07:21 AM
LONDON - After nearly a year of lockdown video meetings, even Group of Seven leaders failed to escape the mute curse on Friday when British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had to tell Germany’s leader, Angela Merkel, to switch off her microphone.

While Johnson began the meeting, German suddenly interrupted him as he tried to tell the likes of U.S. President Joe Biden and Italy’s new prime minister, Mario Draghi, that he wanted a face-to-face meeting at the G7 summit in June.

“Can you hear us Angela,” Johnson quipped over the German, chuckling. “I think you need to mute.”

Johnson, who is known for gaffes, also claimed that Biden had “nicked” - British slang for stolen - his slogan ‘build back better’, though Johnson quipped he himself had probably stolen it from somewhere else.