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Thursday 11 September 2014 9:11 am  |  Updated:  Friday 07 June 2019 6:56 am

#AskBoris: Mayor Boris Johnson talks Scotland, Isis, property and transport in less than 140 characters

By: Catherine Neilan

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After yesterday's painful Mumsnet web chat between Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling, Boris Johnson showed the rest of the country's politicians how to acquit yourself on social media during his #AskBoris session this lunchtime. 
 
Answering questions ranging from his menu of choice at Nandos (response: “chicken”) and even a cheeky one about “operation Chiselled Whippet” (no prizes for guessing what that refers to), the Mayor of London also managed to get a little bit serious and offer his views on Scotland, property, commuter travel woes, terrorism and – of course – Boris Island. 
 
Scottish independence was a topic of much interest among Twitterers, with Johnson asked various questions, to which his response was unequivocal: 
 
https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon/status/510038174815764480
 
https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon/status/510035472757051392
 
 
Regarding the increased terror threat, he said:
 
https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon/status/510041389099667456
 
While on the topic of Isis, Johnson said this: 
 
https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon/status/510041672714301440
 
On foreign investors buying up property, he had this to say: 
 
https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon/status/510038789692342272
 
https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon/status/510039206052519936 
 
He broke out some Latin when it came to Boris Island: 
 
https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon/status/510041955360063488
 
https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon/status/510043255392968704 
 

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