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How on earth could Starmer manage to find a rare occasion when Johnson was actually telling the truth and attack him for lying?

David Ainsworth ● 1882d13 Comments

With such people, what could possibly go wrong?

David Ainsworth ● 1880d

I'm not sure Starmer is converted to Brexit but just being pragmatic about a fait accompli, and I was never convinced  Johnson was really in favour of Brexit other than it being a vehicle for his ambition to be Prime Minister of the UK. Still, if his premiership end in an independent Scotland and a united Ireland,he could bve the last ...

Michael Ixer ● 1880d

Both Johnson and Starmer were late converts to Brexit, but I doubt this kind of Brexit could have happened without either of them.

Ed Robinson ● 1880d

"Which all goes to prove he can change his opinions at the drop of a hat"“When the facts change, I change my mind - what do you do, sir?” ― John Maynard Keynes.So I take it that you still believe in Trump?

David Ainsworth ● 1880d

Which all goes to prove he can change his opinions at the drop of a hat, or more likely by financial inducement.  This bargain-basement journalist has found his spiritual home at long last.

Sue Hammond ● 1880d

I'm not sure if Peter Oborne is much of a Guardian reader. He has written for the Telegraph and the Daily Mail over the years. He also was a Brexiteer, but in the last year or two he has changed his mind.

David Ainsworth ● 1880d

Typical Guardian Reader, Sad isn’t it? 😩

Vic Condon ● 1881d

Peter Oborne has just published a book on this subject:-https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/feb/03/the-assault-on-truth-by-peter-oborne-review-boris-johnsons-lies"His efforts to hold political elites to account go well beyond those of regular reporting, and have snowballed over the last 20 years into a one-man moral crusade against lying in public life. He tackled the issue head-on in his 2005 book The Rise of Political Lying, the same year that he presented a Channel 4 documentary Why Politicians Can’t Tell the Truth. He reveals in his new book that “by the time the Blair premiership ended in 2007, I had got into the habit of keeping a file of political lies”. The figure who has come to dominate that file during the past five years is our current prime minister."

David Ainsworth ● 1881d

“rare occasion when Johnson was actually telling the truth “Looks like your dislike on Johnson is higher than secondary

Mike Warman ● 1881d

Nope, I was actually having a go at Starmer. Johnson was just secondary.

David Ainsworth ● 1881d

Interesting that the DUP who weren't keen on remaining in the EU don't seen very happy at present. I think there's a clip of Johnson telling them there'd be no border v between GB and NI and if anyone told them to fill in a piece of paper they should put it in the bin? (Or something similar to that?)

Michael Ixer ● 1882d

A rare occasion when Johnson was actualy telling the truth. Hmm. You don't seriously believe that. No,just a bitter & twisted Remainer that will never get over it & it comes out in this instance as a hatred of Boris. Pathetic really.

Paul Rolink ● 1882d

On the same basis that some people win the lottery - except unlucky rather than luck ...

Michael Ixer ● 1882d