https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/brexit/ba...d=msedgdhp
On that note it is well worth reading Michel Barnier's retort to a political lightweight like Johnson who is a serial liar/chancer "to boot". There are so many Johnson lies and deceptions in Barnier's written recollection of Brexit negotiations, a lotta them previously highlighted on this Sb board btw. I've almost finished reading a book written by Peter Oborne, "The Assault on Truth" and IMO every Brit citizen should be forced to read it, a total exposure of Johnson's past dishonest history, as far back as his Eton days and up to the present day incl his botch-up of the pandemic (and the lies/falsehoods against others that ensued to "cover their backs") - as the author said himself: "If I listed all the lies and deceptions of PM Johnson and others, my book content would increase tenfold". That says it all!! The biggest travesty is the fact he has still conned a big chunk of the English population, one of the most naive voting populations in Europe without a shadow of a doubt. OR A BIG CHUNK OF THAT POPULATION IS MORALLY CORRUPT AND ACCEPT POLITICAL DECEIT AND UNSCRUPULOUS PRACTISE AS NORMAL. Truth matters for democracy itself. IMO political deceit is theft! Lying politicians do not (necessarily) steal our money or our possessions. But they always steal our rights as citizens by causing said citizens to vote on the basis of misleading information. This in turn strips them of the ability to reach informed political choices. Governments who lie to voters are treating them as dupes rather than equals. When ministers use lies and misrepresentation, they fray the bonds of loyalty that people owe to the state, opening the way to anarchy. These are are all simple points which have been taught to generations of schoolchildren and something has gone wrong when those who lead us need reminding of these basic points. Johnson does not value integrity. Indeed he acts as if he does not even know what it is! This means that he has embarked on an experiment in govt with huge consequences for democracy itself.
On that note it is well worth reading Michel Barnier's retort to a political lightweight like Johnson who is a serial liar/chancer "to boot". There are so many Johnson lies and deceptions in Barnier's written recollection of Brexit negotiations, a lotta them previously highlighted on this Sb board btw. I've almost finished reading a book written by Peter Oborne, "The Assault on Truth" and IMO every Brit citizen should be forced to read it, a total exposure of Johnson's past dishonest history, as far back as his Eton days and up to the present day incl his botch-up of the pandemic (and the lies/falsehoods against others that ensued to "cover their backs") - as the author said himself: "If I listed all the lies and deceptions of PM Johnson and others, my book content would increase tenfold". That says it all!! The biggest travesty is the fact he has still conned a big chunk of the English population, one of the most naive voting populations in Europe without a shadow of a doubt. OR A BIG CHUNK OF THAT POPULATION IS MORALLY CORRUPT AND ACCEPT POLITICAL DECEIT AND UNSCRUPULOUS PRACTISE AS NORMAL. Truth matters for democracy itself. IMO political deceit is theft! Lying politicians do not (necessarily) steal our money or our possessions. But they always steal our rights as citizens by causing said citizens to vote on the basis of misleading information. This in turn strips them of the ability to reach informed political choices. Governments who lie to voters are treating them as dupes rather than equals. When ministers use lies and misrepresentation, they fray the bonds of loyalty that people owe to the state, opening the way to anarchy. These are are all simple points which have been taught to generations of schoolchildren and something has gone wrong when those who lead us need reminding of these basic points. Johnson does not value integrity. Indeed he acts as if he does not even know what it is! This means that he has embarked on an experiment in govt with huge consequences for democracy itself.