British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been criticised on social media for not shaking the hands of two black men at the Conservative Party conference

In the video posted on twitter, Johnson walked down a line of people shaking their hands but bypasses two delegates, both of whom are black.

Clips of the incident, caused some users to hit out at the Prime Minister.

One post said Johnson showed his "blatant racism refusing to shake hands with two black men".

Another said: "Missing a handshake when doing the rounds is common. Not extending your hand to two black men as you walk past shaking everyone else's hands is a deliberate choice".

Some users jumped to Johnson's defence, saying the two men were clapping and the PM only shook the hands of people who had extended their hands out.

"This is a shameless, pathetic attempt to portray #BorisJohnson as a racist. He shook the hand of EVERY person who offered him theirs. Period. The two black gentleman elected not to offer their hands (sic)," one user posted.

It is not the first time Johnson has been in hot water over his perceived racism, in a 2002 column for the Telegraph he referred to African people as "flag-waving piccaninnies," with "watermelon smiles."

This video is said to be a month old, but somewhat still trending on social media.

https://www.facebook.com/thepeoplesbritain/videos/3074955782576662/

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They didn’t extend their hands. He only shook extended hands.

Blacks should stop this foolish inferiority complexe, people have all left us behind... what's all that rubbish... the guys didn't extend their hands..

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Blacks should stop this foolish inferiority complexe, people have all left us behind... what's all that rubbish... the guys didn't extend their hands..

It's not necessarily "blacks" complaining. This was not news when it happened over a month ago. UK is now in election mode when politicians are watched by hawks. Some are digging up social media posts from like decades ago