Boris Johnson gave an insight into what really goes on at the Tory party conference when he said he was excited to be at an event where people can finally ‘shake hands and exchange bodily fluids’.

In a raucous, late-night address, the prime minister congratulated the Scottish Tories on crushing Nicola Sturgeon’s ambitions for an SNP majority at the elections in May.

‘It is the first time I’ve been able to thank you all in person for the heroic act of depriving the SNP of the majority they so craved,’ he told an evening reception attended by Scottish Conservatives.

Johnson then launched a blistering attack on the Independence movement, saying the ‘gilt is coming off the gingerbread of Scottish nationalists’ and the ‘lustre is coming off old twinkle toes’.

He insisted afterwards that he was referring to Alex Salmond and not First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

He went onto raise the spectre of a minority Labour government ‘in cahoots’ with the Scottish nationalists, telling the crowd: ‘We can’t let it happen.’

Taking aim at party infighting that over-shadowed the Labour party conference, he branded the opposition ‘a mob of Corbynista lefties apathetically directed by an Islingtonian cabal’.

And he savaged leader Keir Starmer, quipping: ‘If we’d listened to Captain Hindsight on July 19th this country would still be in lockdown.’

While the crowed lapped up the speech on Sunday, many on the outside were left wondering exactly what the prime minister meant with his opening remarks.

One person tweeted: ‘Johnson confirming the Tory Party conference is just a huge Swingers event?’

Another said: ‘Always wondered what went on behind closed doors of #CPC21.’

Others criticised the prime minister’s ‘disgusting’ and ‘grotesque’ use of language, saying it echoed his alleged ‘let the bodies pile high’ comment as he sought to avoid a third Covid lockdown.

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The PM has always denied making that comment.

But he did not tone down his colourful use of the English language as he did media rounds this morning.

The prime minister was told to ‘stop talking’ by one presenter during an extraordinary radio interview in which he was accused of waffling on.

BBC Radio Four’s Nick Robinson told him: ‘Prime minister, stop talking.

‘We are going to have questions and answers, not where you merely talk, if you wouldn’t mind.’

It was the first time the PM had appeared on the show in two years.

The frosty exchange came as they discussed the fuel crisis, potential food shortages and the cost of living.

In a separate interview with LBC, he branded Insulate Britain protesters as ‘irresponsible crusties’ who will face harsher punishment under new laws being set out by the Home Secretary later today.

He also confirmed his plan to tell Brits to go back to the office, after Covid led to an explosion of home-working.

The PM will officially outline his plans when he gives a keynote speech at the Tory conference tomorrow.

This morning he urged young Brits to embrace returning to their desks ‘to avoid being gossiped about’ and ‘losing out’.

He said: ‘We are certainly encouraging people to get back to work in the normal way, and I think that’s a good thing, and let me tell you why…

‘For young people in particular it’s really essential, if you’re going to learn on the job, you can’t just do it on Zoom. You’ve got to be able to come in and sit at the … you’ve got to know what everybody else is talking about.

‘Otherwise you’re going to be gossiped about and you’re going to lose out. You need to be there and you need to have the stimulus of exchange and competition.’

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