With the Downing Street Christmas party and apartment decoration controversy reaching a crisis level this week, Boris Johnson once again clearly found himself Accused of lyingHere, let’s take a look at some of the worst examples of the prime minister’s alleged dishonesty.
Christmas party door
Last week, it was reported that a Christmas party was held in Downing Street on December 18, 2020, when the country was under strict COVID-19 measures. Johnson’s official spokesperson denied that any parties had been held, and the Prime Minister told the House of Commons that “Bill 10 fully followed all guidelines.”
But after a video of his former press secretary Allegra Stratton and colleagues laughing and joking about a non-social distancing wine and cheese party, the prime minister changed his strategy. He told the House of Commons that he “repeatedly assured” that there was no political party, but now asked Cabinet Secretary Simon Keys to determine “all facts.”
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Minister-level standards consultant Lord Gate said in a report that Johnson told him that he did not know who paid for the renovation of the Downing Street apartment until the media reported in February 2021.
But in another report released on Thursday, the Election Commission stated that it had seen evidence that Johnson sent a WhatsApp message to fellow and party donor Lord Brownlow in November 2020, “requesting him to take further steps at that stage. Authorized unspecified renovation works in the residence”, he agreed. The regulator fined the Conservative Party for this donation.
Downing Street now claims that there is no contradiction between the report of Gate and the election committee, because Johnson only knows that Brownlow is organizing donations to cover the cost of the renovation project, not Brownlow himself is a “potential donor.”
Brexit spending
One of Johnson’s most enduring lies was claiming on the voting leave campaign bus that “we donate £350 million to the EU every week” and this money can be used to “fund our NHS”.
After reporters, activists, and economists questioned this statement, the official statistics watchdog put the final nail in the now infamous propaganda coffin.
In 2016, the Bureau of Statistics of the United Kingdom stated that it was “disappointed to note that the United Kingdom donates £350 million to the EU every week, and this sum can be used elsewhere”. The UK’s contribution to the EU is paid after applying for a rebate, which is “misleading” “The total figure. In 2018, Johnson still insisted on this proposition; in fact, Claim that the claim is “too low”.
Mislead the queen
In 2019, Johnson was accused of lying to the Queen because he had advised her to adjourn Parliament for five weeks. The power to suspend or adjourn the meeting belongs to the Queen, and the Queen usually acts on the advice of the Prime Minister.
Supreme Court finally Ruled that adjournment was illegal -Johnson faces charges of lying to the Queen. When asked if he lied to the monarch about the reason for the suspension, he replied: “Absolutely not.”
Hillsborough Massacre
The prime minister was condemned for publishing an article in 2004 as the editor of The Spectator, in which he blamed Liverpool fans for the 1989 incident. Hillsborough Massacre.
Although the article called the incident “undeniable” a tragedy, it added: “This is not an excuse that Liverpool failed to recognize. Even to this day, the role of drunk fans behind the crowd in this disaster is blind. Trying hard that Saturday afternoon, they fought hard on the ground.”
The Hillsborough investigative jury later concluded: “The jury found no signs that the fan’s actions, whether drunk or other reasons, caused the disaster.” In 2012, Johnson apologized and added that he “Deeply regretful” for these comments.
Affair
In 2004, Johnson was fired from the position of Minister of Shadow Puppet Art and Party Vice Chairman by the then Conservative Party leader Michael Howard ( Petronella Wyatt) lied about his extramarital affairs.
When the tabloid report that Johnson denounced as “upside-down the pyramid” was real, he refused to resign. After Wyatt’s mother confirmed the allegations and Johnson was fired, he declined to reveal more details about his private life, but added: “It’s difficult, and many things I’ve heard are strange.”
Journalism
In the late 1980s, Johnson was fired from the Times for a front-page article about the discovery of Edward II’s Rose Palace, in which Johnson allegedly fabricated a sentence from his godfather and historian Sir Colin Lucas talk.
He later said: “The problem is somewhere in my copy. I managed to attribute to Colin the idea that Edward II and Pierce Gaveston were chatting together at the Rose Palace.” It turns out, Gaveston. In fact, it was killed 13 years before the palace was built.
New hospital
The commitment to build 40 hospitals by 2030 is Repeated many times Johnson during the 2019 campaign. After that, the ministers put forward more details, revealing that most of the projects involve reconstruction or integration, and only four projects have been launched. The plan comes with a commitment expenditure plan of £3.7 billion. However, National Health Service The supplier representing the hospital trust stated that the actual cost of building 40 new hospitals would be as high as 20 billion pounds.
