Boris Johnson & Brexit NHS £350m Court Case
After all the posts about London Capital and Finance this is finally another blog post more in line with my original intention for this blog.
The fascinating news today is that Boris Johnson has been found to have a case to answer and will be facing court for charges of "Misconduct in Public Office" over his claims during the EU referendum that the UK pays the EU £350 million every week. Depending on the signage this claim was either that we could spend some on the NHS or as the sign below shows, spend ALL of it on the NHS.
Boris Johnson had several opportunities to correct the numbers and was warned by the Office for National Statistics that the number could not be justified but he carried on using the £350 million figure. Rather than apologising he has repeatedly continued to state the number refusing to accept that it is incorrect and not grounded in reality.
It will be interesting to see how the court case develops and if this could be something that yet again derails his bid to be Conservative party leader and Prime Minister.
Certainly misleading and giving incorrect information seems to be quite a pattern with Boris as highlighted by an interview with Eddie Mair back in 2016 when various examples from his previous careers were raised from apparently lying about an affair when in government to making up quotes when he was a journalist.
The fascinating news today is that Boris Johnson has been found to have a case to answer and will be facing court for charges of "Misconduct in Public Office" over his claims during the EU referendum that the UK pays the EU £350 million every week. Depending on the signage this claim was either that we could spend some on the NHS or as the sign below shows, spend ALL of it on the NHS.
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Boris Johnson had several opportunities to correct the numbers and was warned by the Office for National Statistics that the number could not be justified but he carried on using the £350 million figure. Rather than apologising he has repeatedly continued to state the number refusing to accept that it is incorrect and not grounded in reality.
It will be interesting to see how the court case develops and if this could be something that yet again derails his bid to be Conservative party leader and Prime Minister.
Certainly misleading and giving incorrect information seems to be quite a pattern with Boris as highlighted by an interview with Eddie Mair back in 2016 when various examples from his previous careers were raised from apparently lying about an affair when in government to making up quotes when he was a journalist.
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