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You can’t trust the Tories. But did their lies manage to convince you at the election?

August 23, 2020 Mike Sivier2019, Conservative, COVID-19, disinformation, election, general, lie, Mike, misinformation, mislead, misled, political, Sivier, Tories, Tory, Vox6 Comments

The Tories lied blatantly to win the 2019 general election, according to research from King’s College, London. Tactics to mislead the public included altering a video of Sir Keir Starmer and posing as a fact-checker on Twitter during a leaders’ debate. The clip was edited to show the current Labour leader, then shadow Brexit secretary, failing to answer a question on the EU when in fact he had responded to it in a live television interview. The report said the Tories also deliberately shared “poorly formatted and low-quality” posts on social media, including…

Boris Johnson lied when he said all Covid-19 tests were carried out within 24 hours

July 10, 2020 Mike Sivier24 hours, Boris Johnson, contact, coronavirus, COVID-19, lie, Mike Sivier, mislead, political, test, tracing, Vox, Vox Political2 Comments

One day soon, a Mastermind contestant will do a round on “the life and lies of Boris Johnson”. There will be a lot of material from which to choose questions. This Writer is thinking of running a daily column. I’ve already got another piece lined up. This case concerns the following claim, made on June 3: “We already turn around 90% of tests within 48 hours. The tests conducted at the 199 testing centres, as well as the mobile test centres, are all done within 24 hours, and I can undertake…

‘Build, build, cut’? Or did Johnson simply announce continuation of Budget promise?

July 1, 2020 Mike Sivieraffordable, Boris Johnson, budget, build, developer, funding, homes, housing, lie, Mike Sivier, mislead, political, Vox, Vox Political

Boris Johnson seems to have painted himself into a corner with his claim to be putting more money into building affordable homes. Read this: Boris Johnson’s claim to “build, build, build” his way out of the coronavirus pandemic was thrown into confusion amid claims that he appeared to have cut funding for affordable housing. As he delivered a speech in Dudley, No.10’s website suggested that £12bn would be spent on housing over the next eight years – even though the Ministry of Housing said after the Budget in March that…

Is Rachel Riley deliberately misleading people or does SHE not understand libel?

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 Mike Sivierdefamation, Laura Murray, libel, Mike Sivier, mislead, political, Rachel Riley, understand, Vox, Vox Political

Take a look at this: That’s right – after a neutral judgement on the meaning of words Rachel Riley claims are libellous, she misled the public: “Today I had the 1st judgement of a handful of libel cases. The verdict supported my claim to have been defamed by Laura Murray.” It didn’t. Ms Riley had launched proceedings over a tweet by Ms Murray and in a neutral judgement, Mr Justice Nicklin said the first and second sentences were statements of fact while the third was an expression of opinion – and all…

Don’t be fooled: Rachel Riley has not won any of her libel cases

April 27, 2020 Mike Sivierdefamation, Laura Murray, libel, Mike Sivier, mislead, political, Rachel Riley, report, Vox, Vox Political4 Comments

I received an email message today from John Gorniak, courtesy of CrowdJustice. It said: “The Guardian are running a story that Riley won her case. Is this so and how is it that if she has not they are running this line?” I think many people may be just as confused as Mr Gorniak at the latest developments. For clarity: Rachel Riley is suing three people, to my knowledge – myself, Jane Heybroek and Laura Murray. The Guardian report refers to the case against Ms Murray. It says that Ms Riley has…

Riley libel case: Is this how wealth is used to stifle justice?

January 9, 2020 Mike Siviercampaign, CrowdJustice, falsehood, funding, Guido Fawkes, libel, Mike Sivier, mislead, political, Rachel Riley, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Vox, Vox Political3 Comments

I’ve been made aware of an interesting political angle to the libel case brought against me by Rachel Riley: It seems that right-wing sites on social media can say whatever they like, and their victims are expected to “take it on the chin”, whereas those attacking left-leaning sites are “only too happy to call in the lawyers to extract apologies – and of course money”. I refer to the right-wing Guido Fawkes blog, which mistakenly claimed that Labour leadership contender Rebecca Long-Bailey had misled the nation about her personal wealth,…

‘Fake news’ row as ITV misrepresents Stormzy comment

December 22, 2019December 22, 2019 Mike SivierITV, Mike Sivier, mislead, misrepresent, political, racism, row, Stormzy, UK, Vox, Vox Political3 Comments

I blame the BBC as much as ITV. After the likes of Laura Kuenssberg spent the whole of the general election campaign bigging up the Tories and belittling Labour – and got the result they wanted, it seems other TV news media are testing the waters to see how far they can mislead the public. So when pro-Labour, pro-Corbyn rapper Stormzy was asked if he thought the UK was a racist country and he replied, “Definitely; 100 per cent,” ITV news reported it as “Rapper Stormzy says UK is ‘100…

Diplomat’s searing resignation over Brexit confirms Corbyn’s claims about Johnson’s lies

December 7, 2019 Mike Sivier2019, Alexandra Hall Hall, Boris Johnson, Brexit, election, envoy, general, lead, liar, lie, Mike Sivier, mislead, political, resign, Vox, Vox Political2 Comments

It’s couched in diplomatic language, but when a diplomat quits over “misleading” arguments and a “reluctance to address honestly” Brexit, you know she’s calling Boris Johnson a liar. Alexandra Hall Hall’s unequivocal statement that she can no longer “peddle half-truths”, coinciding so closely with Jeremy Corbyn’s release of Treasury documents showing that Mr Johnson has misled the UK on the substance of his Brexit deal, can only confirm it. Revealed as a liar, his Brexit deal simply the latest permutation of the old story about the “Emperor’s new clothes”, Mr…

Radio station pilloried for misrepresenting Corbyn on killing of IS leader

November 14, 2019 Mike SivierAbu Bakr al-Baghdadi, arrest, execute, is, Jeremy Corbyn, kill, LBC, Mike Sivier, mislead, misrepresent, political, terrorist, Vox, Vox Political4 Comments

Bosses at right-wing radio station LBC may well be regretting their decision to misrepresent a comment by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on the death of IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Here’s the headline – and the relevant part of the interview: Jeremy Corbyn told LBC that the "right thing to do" would have been to arrest IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after he was killed in a US operation. pic.twitter.com/mohDt3IIbC — LBC (@LBC) November 13, 2019 It is clear that Mr Corbyn did not say arresting al-Baghdadi was “the right thing…

Tory lies about Universal Credit are STILL being used – to harm vulnerable benefit claimants

November 8, 2019 Mike Sivieradvertising, ASA, authority, campaign, Department, DWP, lie, Mike Sivier, mislead, Pensions, political, standards, UC, Universal Credit, Vox, Vox Political, work6 Comments

A keystone of the Tory claim that Universal Credit makes lives better has been ruled misleading by an advertising watchdog – but is still being used to trick people into signing up for the failed “benefit”. The claim – that “people move into work faster” under Universal Credit “fails to meet the basic standards of truthfulness and honesty that we demand of soap powder commercials”, according to Paul Morrissey, in a letter to The Guardian. It was featured in a series of adverts that appeared in Metro and MailOnline. But not only has…

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