General Election 2019: Andrew Neil ‘empty chairs’ Boris Johnson as the two main party leaders go head-to-head tonight

Andrew Neil has torn into Boris Johnson for refusing to commit to a leader's interview with him ahead of the general election.

Mr Johnson has been accused of "running scared" from scrutiny by avoiding his turn to have an in-depth questioning from the veteran broadcaster.

It comes after the Prime Minister also refused to take part in a sit down interview with Julie Etchingham, despite Jeremy Corbyn and all other major party leaders having already taking part.

With less than a week to polling day, Neil challenged Mr Johnson to finally agree to an interview on the theme of "trust" and why voters have "deemed him to be untrustworthy".

Addressing viewers directly following his interview with Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage, Neil said he wanted to put "questions of trust" to the prime minister.

A clip of Neil’s address, posted to Twitter by BBC Politics, has already been viewed more than 4.4 million times, ahead of a primetime debate between Mr Johnson and Mr Corbyn tonight.