#Johnsonlies – UK prime minister breaks #MinisterialCode by failing to correct the record
Remember This Site’s article a couple of days ago, showing how Boris Johnson had said fears over inflation were “unfounded”, then lied to MPs that he hadn’t?
Here’s the video clip with all the information you need:
I should have added that Johnson was subsequently challenged to correct the record – but didn’t:
The Ministerial Code is clear: he should have corrected the record immediately – but he didn’t.
And Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle told him to sit down – effectively preventing him, it seems, from doing so!
It seems clear that both Johnson and Hoyle have some explaining to do.
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This is good news but must not be done too soon just put the word about that its going to happen. The press will try to rip the new party apart before it gains traction with any currently non Corbyn voters. At the moment they have nothing other than Corbyn to attack.