Boris Johnson says he hopes for a "greener" future alongside picture of him taking private jet from London to Cornwall G7 Summit

Boris Johnson has been castigated on social media after tweeting about his hopes for a "greener" future alongside a picture of him traveling by private jet from London to the G7 summit in Cornwall this weekend.

Writing on Twitter, the PM said:

"I've arrived in Cornwall for this year’s @G7 where I’ll be asking my fellow leaders to rise to the challenge of beating the pandemic and building back better, fairer and greener.

"It will be a busy and important Summit, and I can’t wait to get started"

However, alongside his words, Johnson posted a picture giving a thumbs up whilst boarding a private jet to take him the 250-mile journey from the capital to Cornwall.

Unsurprisingly, many were quick to point out the astonishing irony of the PM's demand for a greener future whilst taking such a short trip in one of the most polluting ways possible.

Notorious Twitter comedian, TechnicallyRon, wrote:

"Nothing says 'a greener future' quite like taking a private jet from London to Cornwall."

https://twitter.com/TechnicallyRon/status/1402669350058868738

Whilst Labour MP Luke Pollard made perhaps the worst pun of the day, writing:

"This is plane stupid.

"There’s no trainline to Washington or Tokyo but there is one between Cornwall and London. Take the train, Prime Minister."

https://twitter.com/LukePollard/status/1402672419677028361

Whilst novelist, Gareth Powell, called the PM a "thundering clown":

https://twitter.com/garethlpowell/status/1402668342801055748

Indeed, the sheer volume of negative tweets about Johnson's gaffe really is incredible - even for *this* Prime Minister:

https://twitter.com/bethanymrd/status/1402671965429813253

https://twitter.com/Ross_Greer/status/1402669581416681476

https://twitter.com/chris_mandle/status/1402669670046502918

https://twitter.com/benjaminbutter/status/1402671579176263688

https://twitter.com/DanDawkins/status/1402672787874066438

The G7 Summit is scheduled to begin on Friday 7th June - and world leaders such as President Biden are scheduled to arrive shortly.

One topic of huge discussion will again be climate change - and it it remains to be seen whether any of the world leaders will mention Boris Johnson's latest mind-bogglingly hypocritical gaffe.