5. Lied that 80 million people from Turkey would come to UK if we didn’t leave EU
6. Then lied that he’d lied about Turkey
7 Sacked from The Times for inventing a quote then lying about having invented it
Dan Hodges thinks Boris didn't deliberately lie. Let's examine the record
1. Spread the lie about EU law on straight bananas
2. Spread lie about EU banning prawn cocktail crisps
3. Invented lie about EU introducing mandatory smaller coffins
(Continues...)
For what it's worth, I also don't think there was any deliberate attempt to deceive by Boris. I think he genuinely believed the EU would fold. I honestly think he's managed to convince himself about this BMW and Prosecco stuff. Who knows, he might still be right.
— (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) December 7, 2020
5. Lied that 80 million people from Turkey would come to UK if we didn’t leave EU
6. Then lied that he’d lied about Turkey
7 Sacked from The Times for inventing a quote then lying about having invented it
9. Sacked from Tory front-bench for lying about an affair
10. Lied about "IT lessons" with Jennifer Arcuri, when he was actually having an affair (and gave her £126,000 of public money for nothing, which is corruption)
12. Sacked 21 Tory MPs for voting for the thing he promised
13. Falsely blamed Hillsborough on Liverpool fans, then described victims as “whingeing scousers”
15. Got a British Citizen, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, jailed in Iran because he made a false statement about her
16. Said he had reduced rough sleeping in London when he was mayor - it increase 130%
18. Falsely claimed he made serious youth crime fall, when Met figures showed the opposite
19. Refuses to admit how many children he has, and lies when asked
21. Lied on camera about there being no press present when confronted by a distraught father in a hospital
24. He isn't called Boris. His friends and family call him "Al". Boris is a character he plays, including deliberately messing up his hair and clothes before appearing on camera
26. He's now claiming this meant the Withdrawal Agreement, but that doesn't work either, cos he got Tories to vote to break the WA. So he's lying about lying.
Neither is excusable for a Prime Minister. Stop giving him a free pass. Your job is to hold him to account.
But this is Dan Hodges' actual job. He is paid to do this. Instead... we get bullshit.
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