Has Sunak Lied Parliament?

[Hymie]

According to today’s Observer newspaper, Sunak was warned over Zahawi’s tax affairs before appointing him as Tory party chairman.

Apparently Sunak said in the House of Commons that he had not been given any such warning; something that a Downing Street spokesperson has said is correct.

But for the Observer to claim otherwise (and if proved true) could lead to Sunak finding himself before the House of Commons Privileges Committee, investigating whether he lied to parliament – and he would not be the first Prime Minister in recent times to befall this fate.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/28/sunak-was-warned-of-zahawi-reputational-risk-in-october-say-sources

[Hymie]

lied to

[ynnafymmi]

Aye,Hymie,quite a lot of liars going about....

[ToraToraTora]

I think first we must educate the left on what a porky actually is.

[douglas9401]

Go on then.

[naomi24]

Don’t know - but you can hope, hymie.

[Hymie]

According to TTT, if a Tory MP says something that is not true – it is not a lie, it an aspiration or a belief, or something in a wet-dream they had.

[THECORBYLOON]

Come on then, TORATORATORA, explain what a lie is.

[ToraToraTora]

a porky is a porky but the left seem to have no idea what one is. for example I have asked many time for examples but one has never been forthcoming.
none of these things are lies:
- a prediction that turns out to be false
- a statement of intent that later is not possible
- an opinion that turns out to be wrong.
etc etc

[ToraToraTora]

I started typing my answer at 16:13 before the 16:11 answer was there.

[Mozz71]

//none of these things are lies:
- a prediction that turns out to be false
- a statement of intent that later is not possible
- an opinion that turns out to be wrong.
etc etc//

Unless an opposition MP says it. ;-)

[Hymie]

So is it Sunak’s ‘opinion’ that he had not been warned over Zahawi’s tax affairs?

[Hymie]

TTT, surely this is an opportunity for you to stab the current Tory PM in the back – in the hope that your hero (Boris) can return?

[ToraToraTora]

Personally i would prefer Boris but that's not practical so we are all behind the current leader. Mid term blues in May likely but after that a year is a long time to get back to the important work of kicking the sheet out of labour. We we again 2024!

[Mozz71]

Isn't the important business trying to get the country back on it's feet again after the past few years of hellishness?

[naomi24]

The knives don’t leave anyone alone for long enough to allow them to attempt to do that. Their priority doesn’t seem to be the country’s recovery from the past few awful years.

[youngmafbog]

//Isn't the important business trying to get the country back on it's feet again after the past few years of hellishness?//

It is, I wonder what labour will propose to enable that?