Boris Johnson On May's Brexit

[Khandro]

He seems to be one of the few with a clear message;

[Old_Geezer]

"before the referendum"
"I didn’t say anything about Turkey in the referendum"

I think I can spot a difference.

[Khandro]

jno; "I didn’t say anything about Turkey in the referendum campaign. I didn’t say a thing about Turkey.”

n.b. "in the referendum campaign" not lying

[Khandro]

Ah OG, I posted before reading yours. Ditto.

Boris maybe many things but he isn't a liar.

[Ken4155]

Not a liar? Think his wives may disagree.

[Peter Pedant]

// Ann Widdicombe observed that these talks are between the worst Prime Minister and the worst Labour leader ever.//

1926 Stanley Baldwin - The miners leaders were the stupidest men I had ever met if I hadnt met the mine owners

but hey we are where we are

I expect Boris to tweet - "the new deal with the Eu is the worst deal ever since it doesnt specify where I can put my willie" - but you could say it is just jealousy that Bo is good at sexting and I am not

[Peter Pedant]

// Boris maybe many things but he isn't a liar.//

oh we clearly havent had the NHS one liner then

[Khandro]

PP where was the lie on the bus? It was a suggested possibility of what might be done with the money saved by leaving the EU, later shown to be an underestimate.

[Ellipsis]

> the new deal with the Eu is the worst deal ever since it doesnt specify where I can put my willie

Boris would enjoy the latitude that provided ...

[Peter Pedant]

Let's fund the NHS instead

not - we COULD fund the NHS or pay ourselves or ....

but hey ho - this AB and no stranger to rewriting history

[Khandro]

P.P. 'All EU member states are obliged to pay the EU a portion of the total VAT that they collect plus a proportion of their total GDP – so that as GDP grows, so does the bill to the EU. In 2015 the UK government paid over to Brussels a total of €3.74 billion in VAT payments and €20.6 billion in GDP payments. The UK government then received a rebate (based on a formula hammered out by Mrs Thatcher in the 1980s) of €6.01 billion. So the total paid was €18.29 billion.

Divide that figure by 52 weeks and you get €350 million – note the currency – NOT £350 as has been widely reported. Or, if you prefer, €50 million per day. Thus Boris’s figure – in Euros – is correct as the gross amount paid.'

master investor

I may say to you, " you have just gained an inheritance from your Aunt Agatha, shall we go to Maxim's for lunch?"
and I can anticipate your reply, - where's the lie?

[Old_Geezer]

"but hey ho - this AB and no stranger to rewriting history"

Thanks for the further example PP.

"not - we COULD fund the NHS or pay ourselves or .... "

Didn't need to. Anyone not trying to deliberately claim to misunderstand in order to cause issues knew perfectly well that the points were a) that money was being sent to the EU that need not be, and b) one thing we could use that money for instead, if we wished, was the NHS. But the old chestnut (trying to rewrite history) and claim it was all a lie is still being pushed it seems, at a cost to the reputation of whoever claims it.