'Why aren't you in parliament sort out the mess you have created?' This is the moment a heckler at BorisJohnson's speech was ejected from the room by security. Read more on this story:
Mr Johnson said:"I'm very happy to get back to parliament very soon, but what we want to see in this region is towns and communities able to represent that gentleman and sort out his needs."The PM moved to suspend parliament last month, with MPs not due to return until 14 October.
Opposition MPs have accused the government of doing so to avoid scrutiny over Brexit, but Mr Johnson has consistently insisted that is not the case. He repeated this after the heckler was ejected, telling the audience:"Whatever the shenanigans that may be going on at Westminster, we will get on with delivering our agenda and preparing to take this country out of the EU on 31 October."There will be ample time for parliament to consider the deal that I very much hope to do at the EU summit on 17-18 October. "There will be ample time, as the gentleman I think... who left prematurely, not necessarily under his own steam, that is the answer to his question."I don't think people realise we've missed about four days of parliamentary sitting time."in the Supreme Court next week.Returning to the theme of his speech, Mr Johnson said mayors in the north of England should have more powers, including over railways. "What is needed most of all is local leadership, trusting people to take back control and lead as they want to," he said. "This is not about central government abdicating responsibility, but local leaders have a real power to change local issues.""If one policy is going to be devolved it must be transport," Mr Johnson told the audience."The north of England gave the world the railway in 1825, it was ours, a first, and yet two centuries later, in this the birth place of the railways, we can do so much better." Answering questions after the speech, the PM said he was"cautiously optimistic" about negotiating a new deal with Brussels.with the outgoing president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker on Monday, as well as the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier. Mr Johnson was also asked about the impending publication of former prime minister David Cameron's memoirs.The pair were seen as rivals for a number of years and campaigned on opposite sides during the 2016 EU referendum that prompted Mr Cameron to quit Downing Street."I want people to be clear, absolutely nothing that David Cameron says in his memoirs in the course of the next few days will diminish the affection and respect in which I hold him," the PM said."I think he has a very distinguished record and a legacy to be proud of."
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