Boris Johnson tells Mike Pence the NHS is not for sale//

Boris Johnson has told the US Vice-President that the NHS would not be for sale in any post-Brexit trade deal with America and that Britain is “not keen on that chlorinated chicken”.

In a meeting in Downing Street with Mike Pence, President Donald Trump’s right-hand man, the Prime Minister said: “The National Health Service is not on the table as far as our negotiations go.

“We are not keen on that chlorinated chicken.”

In a dig at Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and his reluctance to agree to a general election, Mr Johnson said: “We have a gigantic chlorinated chicken of our own on the opposition benches.

”Boris Johnson becomes the first PM in history to lose his first three Commons votes in a row

Mr Johnson has repeatedly insulted Mr Corbyn in a desperate bid to bully him into a snap general election.