Nadine Dorries has been widely criticised for an “extraordinary” interview in which she repeatedly insisted Boris Johnson “tells the truth” hours after he spread misinformation in the House of Commons.
Ms Dorries is asked by Channel 4 News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy about the “clearly untrue allegation” that Sir Keir – when Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) – was “responsible for not prosecuting Jimmy Savile”.
Standing in the Commons lobby, he asks: “How can you have a prime minister just repeating fake news like that?”
Ms Dorries – whose department has vowed to tackle misinformation – replies: “There were things that Keir Starmer said, as someone who was the former Director of Public Prosecutions, shouldn’t have said at the despatch box.”
Mr Guru-Murthy continues to say that the PM has said things that are “untrue” and that he “misled that House today”.
Ms Dorries pulls a face and says that was “not the case” and that there were “a lot of things Keir Starmer shouldn’t have said”.
Mr Guru-Murthy says: “Clearly there are things [Mr Johnson] said that are not true.”
Then she replies twice in a row, while glancing occasionally at the camera: “The Prime Minister tells the truth.”
The footage has gone viral, with many people likening the “car-crash” interview to a Catherine Tate comedy sketch.
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