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Boris Johnson - Court Case - Lying About Brexit

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    Boris Johnson - Court Case - Lying About Brexit

    Good indepth report, sorry don't have any text to post.

    https://youtu.be/VukaSbkW2VQ


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    Pretty ridiculous imho. All of those statements are and exaggeration at best and on par with usual politics.


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    He's a serial liar and nasty piece of work. Hopefully he gets what he deserves.

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    If this catches on Westminster could be emptied.

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    So basically this confirms politicians are allowed to lie as much as they like. We all knew that but this makes it legal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hullexile:
    So basically this confirms politicians are allowed to lie as much as they like. We all knew that but this makes it legal.
    Or maybe it confirms that an exaggeration does not rise to the standard of misconduct. If you don't like the way your representatives behave don't vote for them, but imho it's not a matter for the courts.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hullexile:
    So basically this confirms politicians are allowed to lie as much as they like. We all knew that but this makes it legal.
    The do all lie. This one had been tested before with a complaint against an article written by Mr Johnston.

    https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/ipso-...ly-inaccurate/



    I think the 'Let's take back control' caveat may be the reason it was thrown out. As it could be argued that Mr Johnson was saying the UK should take back control of the money sent to the EU. We'll see

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    Good reading on this case:

    https://thesecretbarrister.com/2019/...probably-know/

    Link to the document: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/...al.pdf?noembed

    In the learn something new every file - the Judiciary.uk site runs on wordpress.

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    No, no, no, no and no. No. Just no. And no again. No. The judgment can absolutely not be interpreted as any sort of vindication of Boris Johnson’s character. Indeed, the High Court judgment reads very much as if the judges were proceeding on the assumption that he certainly had lied, or misled, and the challenges to the District Judge’s decision by Boris Johnson’s own lawyers were not concerned with a defence of his character or conduct. Rather his case succeeded on the basis that he may well be a liar or a rotter or a charlatan, but such conduct does not of itself meet the legal criteria for misconduct in public office. So a victory, certainly. But hardly the glowing character reference his supporters might suggest.
    From the above article.
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