The mayor was on a tour of Bristol to show his support the Conservative candidates running in the city’s mayoral and Police Crime Commissioner elections next month.
Mr Johnson is used to charming the public and often gets an enthusiastic reception, but a group of protesters who were less than thrilled by his arrival jeered “Tory scum” and “pleb”.
Seemingly undeterred, the mayor gave as good as he got, urging the apparently divided group to “stick together” because he didn’t want to “see a crusty civil war breaking out”.
One man then thumbed his nose at the mayor, who retorted by making the same gesture.
tell them that scum rises to the top, whereas the trots get flushed away