Five Things Boris Johnson Told Andrew Marr That Weren’t True

  • Friday’s terror attack was due to a ‘leftie’ Labour government
    The PM tried to claim Khan was on the streets because of a past Labour “leftie government”, despite the Conservatives being in power and presiding over the Ministry of Justice for almost a decade.
  • Parliament ‘blocked’ Johnson’s Queen’s Speech
    This is not true. The Queen’s Speech set out a number of Bills, including one to toughen sentences, and MPs backed it and Johnson won the vote by a majority of 16.

    “We had a Queen’s Speech which was blocked by parliament,” he said.
  • Labour wants to ‘disband MI5’
    Scrapping MI5 is not Labour policy, in fact Jeremy Corbyn has pledged more investment in the security service.
  • The Tories will ‘build 40 new hospitals’
    He went on to claim the Conservatives were set to build 40 new hospitals.

    But Marr pointed out that the promise amounted to “seed money for a business case” for 36 new hospitals and not any full plan.
  • ‘No checks on goods’ under his Brexit deal
    Johnson repeated the claim that there will be “no checks on goods” between between Northern Ireland and Great Britain under his Brexit deal.

    In October, Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay had to admit this would mean there would be checks, telling the Commons “minimal, targeted interventions” would be needed to make sure imports and exports align with the new rules.

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