”Everbody certainly knows that Boris Johnson lies,” writes Charlotta Buxton in todays Swedish national newspaper Svenska Dagbladet (con) and goes on to list a number of incidents. Amongst these getting fired from the Times for making up a quote and later getting fired from a top political appointment for lying about an extra marital affair.
Over the last week or so a video clip put together by Peter Stefanovic and racking up an incredible 28 million or more views on social media shows Johnson repeatedly lying at the despatch box. Yesterday (23/7) Dawn Butler, Labour MP for Brent was asked to leave the House of Commons for the rest of the day when she would not retract a statement accusing the Prime Minister of lying to the House, ”over and over again.”
Strange as it may seem, telling the truth in Parliament can be more frowned upon than dishonesty. Rules are rules and even in this case I assume them to be based on some form of logic. Apparently though it all comes down to the way you swing it, as when Dennis Skinner was once asked to retract the statement, ”half the Tory members opposite are crooks.” He responded with, OK, half the Tory members aren´t crooks.”
Nevertheless, breach of rules or no, Dawn Butler deserves acknowledgement for her courage in speaking out.
It´s not every day you get to read articles in SvD critical of the UK´s conservative government and its prime minister albeit with the understatement of the year, ”maybe he isn´t always completely honest….” Perhaps the time has come to realize that the political likes of Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson do little to further conservative politics not to mention his trashing of a country´s reputation and jeopardizing its very existance.
Contrary to parliamentary rules of conduct the naked emperor is exposed in the House of Commons by a black female MP telling everybody what they already know, the Prime Minister of the UK is a liar.
How long can this go on for?