The lies, falsehoods and misrepresentations of Boris Johnson and his government, compiled by Peter Oborne, former chief political commentator of The Daily Telegraph, from which he resigned in 2015 citing the paperโs โfraud on its readersโ.
9 DECEMBER 2019
Matt Hancock aide โwhackedโ by Labour activist say โsenior Toriesโ
Conservative press briefing
9 DECEMBER 2019
โLetโs get Brexit done and take back control of our fishing watersโ
Boris Johnson, speaking to fishermen in Grimsby
8 DECEMBER 2019
โThere was a (baby boom) after the Olympics, as I prophesied in a speech in 2012. It was quite amazing. There was a big baby boomโ
Boris Johnson, interview with The Sunday Times
6 DECEMBER 2019
โThere will be no checks on goods going from GB to NI and NI to GB because we are going to come out of the EU whole and entire. That was the objective we securedโ
Boris Johnson, press conference in Kent
6 DECEMBER 2019
โIโm not aware of any adverts that we publish that have been misleadingโ
Michael Gove, ITV News
5 DECEMBER 2019
โHomelessness reached its peak in 2008 under the last Labour government. Since then itโs down by almost a halfโ
Sajid Javid, Sky News
1 DECEMBER 2019
โIโm perfectly happy to be interviewed by any interviewer called Andrew from the BBCโ
Boris Johnson interview, The Andrew Marr Show
1 DECEMBER 2019
โThere will be no tariffs and no checksโ
Boris Johnson interview, Andrew Marr Show
1 DECEMBER 2019
โWeโre upgrading 20 hospitals and building 40 new ones. And you are going to say, oh, well, itโs only six. Actually, thatโs not trueโ
Boris Johnson interview, The Andrew Marr Show
1 DECEMBER 2019
โOne of the reasons weโre having this election is because we have a Queenโs speech that was blocked by parliamentโ
Boris Johnson interview, The Andrew Marr Show
1 DECEMBER 2019
โJeremy Corbyn wants to scrap MI5โ
Boris Johnson interview, The Andrew Marr Show
29 NOVEMBER 2019
โThe NHS, as you know, itโs the biggest increase in living memory, a ยฃ34bn increaseโ
Boris Johnson interview, Nick Ferrari on LBC
29 NOVEMBER 2019
โ40 new hospitals will be built as a result of decisions weโre takingโ
Boris Johnson interview, Nick Ferrari on LBC
28 NOVEMBER 2019
โAbsolutely not. Iโve never tried to deceive the public and Iโve always tried to be absolutely frankโ
Boris Johnson to ITV News
27 NOVEMBER 2019
โThe prime minister has been very clear, you know. Weโre not going to have anything. Weโre going to make sure that thereโs unfettered access into the UK marketโ
Julian Smith, Conservative Northern Ireland manifesto launch
26 NOVEMBER 2019
โIf anybody is convicted, if anybody is done for Islamophobia, or any other prejudice or discrimination in the Conservative Party they are out first bounceโ
Boris Johnson, to television cameras
26 NOVEMBER 2019
โNo-one has ever credibly suggested that (Islamophobia is) an issue with the leadership of the party, whether that's the leader of the party of the day or the chancellor or other senior figuresโ
Sajid Javid, campaign event in Bolton
26 NOVEMBER 2019
Nicola Sturgeon โconfirmed last night to Andrew Neilโ that SNP policy was โto rejoin the EU, to join the Euroโ
Boris Johnson, launch of the Scottish Conservative party manifesto
24 NOVEMBER 2019
โWe will certainly make sure that the A&E in Telford is kept openโ
Boris Johnson, Conservative Party manifesto launch
24 NOVEMBER 2019
โWe will be investing, as I say, the biggest ever cash boost to the NHSโ
Boris Johnson, Conservative Party manifesto launch
22 NOVEMBER 2019
โI see no reason to interfere with the normal timetable for these thingsโ
Boris Johnson, Question Time
21 NOVEMBER 2019
โLabourโs Jess Phillips undermines Corbynโs manifesto by admitting they canโt or wonโt deliver on their promisesโ
Conservative Party Twitter account
21 NOVEMBER 2019
โNo-one gives a toss about the social media cut and thrustโ
Dominic Raab, BBC Breakfast
20 NOVEMBER 2019
โIf weโre lucky enough to be elected, so the first budget we will go up to the ยฃ9,500 threshold and that will, as I say, put ยฃ500 into the pockets of everyoneโ
Boris Johnson, campaign stop in North Yorkshire
20 NOVEMBER 2019
โThere is absolutely no evidence that Iโve ever seen of any Russian interference in UK democratic processesโ
Boris Johnson, campaign stop in Teeside
19 NOVEMBER 2019
โWeโre putting record sums in [to the NHS] โ ยฃ34bnโ
Boris Johnson, Leadership debate, ITV
19 NOVEMBER 2019
โWeโre not just upgrading 20 hospitals but we are building 40 new hospitalsโ
Boris Johnson, Leadership debate, ITV
19 NOVEMBER 2019
โNot at all. Northern Ireland is part of the customs territory of the UKโ
Boris Johnson, Leadership debate, ITV
19 NOVEMBER 2019
Jeremy Corbyn โwould whack corporation tax up to the highest in Europeโ
Boris Johnson, Leadership debate, ITV
19 NOVEMBER 2019
โI think it doesโ
Boris Johnson, Leadership debate, ITV
19 NOVEMBER 2019
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Conservative Party press office, Twitter account
19 NOVEMBER 2019
The UKโs corporation tax is โalready the lowest in Europeโ
Boris Johnson, Leadership debate, ITV
18 NOVEMBER 2019
โJeremy Corbyn would whack up corporation tax to the highest levels in Europeโ
Boris Johnson, speech to the Confederation of British Business conference 2019
17 NOVEMBER 2019
โItโs unfair that people coming from European countries can access free NHS care without paying in, while others make significant contributionsโ
Michael Gove, quoted in The Mail on Sunday
16 NOVEMBER 2019
โInside the EU weโre trapped in the Common Agricultural Policy. Itโs one of the big benefits of leaving the EU, and it will allow us to meet these tree-planting targets which will ensure that we deal with the climate crisis that we faceโ
Michael Gove, Today programme
15 NOVEMBER 2019
โI see absolutely no reason to change the normal procedures for publishing reports just because thereโs an election comingโ
Boris Johnson, BBC Radio 5 Live
15 NOVEMBER 2019
Jeremy Corbyn โthinks home ownership is a bad idea and is opposed to itโ
Boris Johnson in a speech in Oldham, live on Sky News
15 NOVEMBER 2019
โ20,000 more police are operating on our streets to fight crime and bring crime downโ
Boris Johnson in a speech in Oldham, live on Sky News
15 NOVEMBER 2019
Jeremy Corbyn โplans to wreck the economy with a ยฃ1.2 trillion spending planโ
Boris Johnson in a speech in Oldham, live on Sky News
15 NOVEMBER 2019
Labour โwant to have two referendums next year, one in Scotlandโ
Boris Johnson speech in Oldham, live on Sky News
15 NOVEMBER 2019
โWe are getting on with a fantastic programme โฆ 20 hospital upgrades, 40 new hospitalsโ
Boris Johnson in a speech in Oldham, live on Sky News
15 NOVEMBER 2019
โJeremy Corbyn โฆ wouldnโt even stick up for this country when it came to the poisonings in Salisbury and actually seemed to side in that instance with Russiaโ
Boris Johnson in a speech in Oldham, live on Sky News
14 NOVEMBER 2019
Conservative Research Department
Political Brief: General Election 2019
14 NOVEMBER 2019
โCorbyn and his lot ... actually think that the armed services should be disbanded โ thatโs what he saidโ
Boris Johnson in a speech to supporters in Oldham
14 NOVEMBER 2019
โUnder Jeremy Corbynโs plan for unlimited and uncontrolled immigration, (net migration) could increase to over 840,000 people โ more than the population of Liverpool โ coming to the UK every yearโ
Conservative Research Department report
12 NOVEMBER 2019
โThe nature of these reports is that they do contain sensitive information, which is why they need to go through an appropriate period of vetting to make sure that they are safe to then be released. Thatโs whatโs happened here.โ
Rishi Sunak, Good Morning Britain
12 NOVEMBER 2019
โBoris Johnson warns voters that Britain faces โpolitical onanismโ of Brexit under Jeremy Corbynโ
The Sun
10 NOVEMBER 2019
โThe true โCost of Corbynโ is a staggering ยฃ1.2 trillionโ
Sajid Javid, public statement
8 NOVEMBER 2019
โI've had to give [drinking] up until we get Brexit doneโ
Boris Johnson, visit to hospital in Nottinghamshire
7 NOVEMBER 2019
โIf somebody asks you to [fill in a form], tell them to ring up the prime minister, and I will direct them to throw that form in the binโ
Boris Johnson, to manufacturers in Northern Ireland
6 NOVEMBER 2019
Jeremy Corbyn โsided with Putinโ over the Salisbury novichok attack
Boris Johnson at a Downing Street speech
6 NOVEMBER 2019
โOur MPs are just refusing time and again to deliver Brexitโ
Boris Johnson, speech launching Conservative Party election campaign, Downing Street
6 NOVEMBER 2019
โIf we can get this deal over the line . . . then we can release that pent-up flood of investment. Hundreds of billions are waiting to pour into the UKโ
Boris Johnson, speech launching Conservative Party election campaign, Downing Street
6 NOVEMBER 2019
โWe can leave the EU as one UK, whole and entire and perfect as promisedโ
Boris Johnson, speech launching Conservative Party election campaign, Downing Street
6 NOVEMBER 2019
โWe have got a deal, oven-ready, by which we can leave the EU in a few weeks. Itโs a great deal for this country. It delivers everything that I wanted when I campaigned for Brexitโ
Boris Johnson, speech launching Conservative Party election campaign, Downing Street
6 NOVEMBER 2019
โThey [the Labour Party] point their fingers at individuals with a relish and a vindictiveness not seen since Stalin persecuted the kulaksโ
Boris Johnson, launching Conservative Party election campaign in The Daily Telegraph
5 NOVEMBER 2019
โThis is no different from the standard procedure, as I understand it, that occurs with these select committee reportsโ
Michael Gove, BBC Breakfast
5 NOVEMBER 2019
โItโs going through appropriate procedures, I think itโs been lodged with No. 10 and it will be published in due course.โ
Michael Gove, Today Programme
5 NOVEMBER 2019
โWe have taken swift action to deal with any Conservative Party member who has been accused of engaging in Islamophobic language or actions. Weโve made sure those people are suspended and there is an investigation"
Michael Gove, Today Programme
5 NOVEMBER 2019
โJeremy Corbynโs Brexit minister canโt or wonโt answer a simple question about Labourโs position on Brexitโ
Conservative Party Twitter account
3 NOVEMBER 2019
โWork and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey reveals more than 10 million people can look forward to an income boost, as working-age benefits will rise by the rate of inflation in Aprilโ
Department for Work and Pensions, Twitter
3 NOVEMBER 2019
โParliament refused finally to give approval for us to come out on October 31 which was a great disappointmentโ
Boris Johnson, Ridge on Sunday
30 OCTOBER 2019
โI might ask the honourable Lady how she can justify this country spending another ยฃ1 billion per month on delaying our exit from the European Unionโ
Boris Johnson, Prime Ministerโs Questions
28 OCTOBER 2019
โThey made it inevitable that the people of this country would be retained in the EU against their will for at least another three months, at a cost of another ยฃ1 billion a monthโ
Boris Johnson, to the House of Commons
23 OCTOBER 2019
โThey said that we would never get it through parliament, and they did their utmost to stop it going through parliament, but we got it through parliament last nightโ
Boris Johnson, Prime Minister's Questions
22 OCTOBER 2019
โA vote against the programme motion is a vote against Brexitโ
Jacob Rees-Mogg, Twitter
22 OCTOBER 2019
โThere will be no checks between Great Britain and Northern Irelandโ
Boris Johnson, speaking in Parliament
20 OCTOBER 2019
Sir Oliver Letwin was telephoning Lord Pannick about his Brexit amendment while visiting the prime minister
โSenior Toriesโ
19 OCTOBER 2019
The Prime Ministerโs letter to the EU asking for an extension is a โphotocopyโ
Various British media organisations
2 OCTOBER 2019
โI want to get a deal with Canada but weโre now in the Canadian elections. Theyโre in a purdah period so we cannot continue those discussionsโ
International Trade Secretary Liz Truss, BBC Politics Live
2 OCTOBER 2019
โRemember it was only a few years ago when people were saying that solar power would never work in cloudy old Britain and that wind turbines would not pull the skin off a rice puddingโ
Boris Johnson, Tory conference speech
2 OCTOBER 2019
โWhen did you last hear a Tory leader talk about capitalism?โ
Boris Johnson, Tory conference speech
2 OCTOBER 2019
โThose who talk about not wanting a no deal Brexit are being deliberately deceitful. It is Brexit full stop they wish to blockโ
Jacob Rees-Mogg, Twitter
2 OCTOBER 2019
โIt was this Conservative government that tackled the debt and the deficit left by the last Labour governmentโ
Boris Johnson, Tory conference speech
1 OCTOBER 2019
โI didnโt actually say collaborators โ go back over the quotationโ
Boris Johnson, Radio 4โs Today
1 OCTOBER 2019
โItโs obviously very sad that someone should make such allegations โ they are not trueโ
Boris Johnson, BBC Breakfast, on Charlotte Edwardesโs allegations
1 OCTOBER 2019
โI think that it would be a mistake to keep the UK bound in beyond the time that the people want to come outโฆ at a cost of ยฃ1 billion a monthโ
Boris Johnson, Today programme
1 OCTOBER 2019
โIโm delighted that Canterbury, for instance, is going to be one of the 40 new hospitals we are buildingโ
Boris Johnson, Tory conference fringe event
1 OCTOBER 2019
โI've always been a big champion of women at the top of every organisation that I run. If you look at the way I ran City Hall was virtually half and half, it was a complete feminocracy at City Hall. The same goes for what I did in the Foreign Officeโ
Boris Johnson, Today programme
30 SEPTEMBER 2019
โWhen I was running London we drove up ridership on buses massively by improving the service and having automatic contactless payment โ Oyster cardsโ
Boris Johnson, to television cameras, warehouse in Manchester
29 SEPTEMBER 2019
No. 10 is probing Remain MPsโ โforeign collusionโ
โDowning Street sourcesโ
29 SEPTEMBER 2019
โThe Conservative Party is the oldest, greatest political party in the world. Itโs a big broad church and we donโt do deals with other partiesโ
Boris Johnson, Andrew Marr Show
28 SEPTEMBER 2019
โYou will have seen that on the steps of Downing Street I announced 20 new hospital upgrades. Weโre now following that up with 40 new hospitalsโ
Boris Johnson, Daily Telegraph
25 SEPTEMBER 2019
โOne of the reasons I wanted to have a Queenโs Speech was so that we could bring back the domestic violence Billโ
Boris Johnson, Parliament
25 SEPTEMBER 2019
โOn the language he ascribes to me, I do not think I have used those words. I would be happy if he clarified that pointโ
Boris Johnson, Parliament
25 SEPTEMBER 2019
โJohnson still believes he can lawfully render the Benn Act null and voidโ
โSenior government sourceโ, to Robert Peston
24 SEPTEMBER 2019
โWhat we will certainly do is ensure that Parliament has plenty of time to debate Brexitโ
Boris Johnson, BBC interview
24 SEPTEMBER 2019
โAmber Rudd was given every opportunity to see the legal advice but chose to resign without doing so. It is utterly dishonest to suggest it was in anyway withheldโ
Unnamed government source, to Tim Shipman, political editor of The Sunday Times
23 SEPTEMBER 2019
โEverything was done with complete propriety and in the normal wayโ
Boris Johnson, Sky News interview, New York
23 SEPTEMBER 2019
โIf you try to sell British socks in North America they currently attract a 19 per cent tariff and the Americans insist before they allow them to be sold on the US market they must try to set fire to them twiceโ
Boris Johnson to reporters en route to UN General Assembly
23 SEPTEMBER 2019
โWhen we leave the EU we can ban the sale of shark fin soupโ
Boris Johnson, Channel 4 News interview
19 SEPTEMBER 2019
โI donโt comment on conversations with the Queenโ
Boris Johnson to reporters
18 SEPTEMBER 2019
โThereโs no press hereโ
Boris Johnson, during a visit to Whipps Cross hospital
16 SEPTEMBER 2019
โThe prorogation that is involved with this Queenโs speech only loses us four days. Four days of parliamentary sitting timeโ
Boris Johnson, Twitter video
13 SEPTEMBER 2019
โI didnโt sayโ police money was being โspaffed up the wallโ on historic child sex abuse investigations
Boris Johnson, press conference, Convention of the North
13 SEPTEMBER 2019
โWeโve got a huge new Towns Fund which is going to be giving ยฃ3.6 billion altogetherโ
Boris Johnson, press conference, Convention of the North
12 SEPTEMBER 2019
As mayor of London my initiative on homelessness was โsuccessfulโ
Boris Johnson, Peopleโs PMQs
12 SEPTEMBER 2019
โThe High Court in England plainly agrees with usโ
Boris Johnson, to television cameras, Thames ship visit
5 SEPTEMBER 2019
Any involvement of police officers will be โsolely about police officer recruitmentโ
Prime Ministerโs team, visit to West Yorkshire Police
5 SEPTEMBER 2019
I would rather be โdead in a ditchโ than delay Brexit
Boris Johnson, speech on West Yorkshire Police visit
2 SEPTEMBER 2019
โยฃ14 billion pound cash boost for schoolsโ
Conservative Party Facebook advert linking to BBC article
2 SEPTEMBER 2019
There are โno circumstancesโ in which the prime minister will ask Brussels to delay Brexit beyond Halloween
โSenior government sourceโ, to The Independent
1 SEPTEMBER 2019
There are โonly four days parliament might have been sitting when it wonโt be sittingโ
Michael Gove on prorogation
30 AUGUST 2019
โWe are in the last stagesโ of negotiating a deal
Boris Johnson, government Twitter video
28 AUGUST 2019
โTo deliver on the publicโs priorities we require a new session and a Queenโs Speechโ
Boris Johnson announces the proroguing of parliament
28 AUGUST 2019
โThe claim that the government is considering proroguing parliament in Sept in order to stop MPs debating Brexit is entirely falseโ
Downing Street source
28 AUGUST 2019
โOnly around four Commons sitting days will be lostโ due to prorogation
Downing Street source
28 AUGUST 2019
Prorogation is โcertainly notโ an attempt to stop MPs blocking no deal
Michael Gove, BBC interview
25 AUGUST 2019
โMelton Mowbray pork pies, which are sold in Thailand and in Iceland, are currently unable to enter the US market because of, I donโt know, some sort of food and drug administration restrictionโ
Boris Johnson, BBC interview after a breakfast meeting with US President Donald Trump
25 AUGUST 2019
The EU would be โentirelyโ to blame for a no-deal Brexit
Boris Johnson, G7 summit
18 AUGUST 2019
โYellowhammer is a worst-case scenarioโ
Michael Gove, Twitter and on television
18 AUGUST 2019
The leaked Operation Yellowhammer document was an โold documentโ
Michael Gove to television cameras
18 AUGUST 2019
The Operation Yellowhammer document was โdeliberately leaked by a former minister in an attempt to influence discussions with EU leadersโ
Number 10 briefing to journalists
11 AUGUST 2019
โNothing can stop us nowโ
โNo 10 aidesโ, to the Sun on Sunday
8 AUGUST 2019
โThey tell me that they are literally only a few years away from being able to provide UK made fusion reactors for sale around the worldโ
Boris Johnson, live video on Facebook
8 AUGUST 2019
There is โnothingโ MPs can do to stop a no-deal Brexit on October 31
Dominic Cummings, to The Daily Telegraph
5 AUGUST 2019
โI want to stress, this is new money. This is new moneyโ
Boris Johnson, announcing ยฃ1.8 billion for the NHS
2 AUGUST 2019
โI have never said Iโm an active supporterโ
Priti Patel on capital punishment, Daily Mail interview
29 JULY 2019
โWe made clearโ during the Brexit campaign that a no-deal Brexit was a possibility
Dominic Raab, Today programme
25 JULY 2019
โThe way we reduced knife crime in London was by a very active policy of stop and searchโ
Boris Johnson to Parliament, first statement to the commons as prime minister
25 JULY 2019
โWe kept the murder rate in London at fewer than 100 for more than four or five years runningโ
Boris Johnson to Parliament, first statement to the commons as prime minister
17 JULY 2019
โHe has had his costs massively increased by Brussels bureaucrats who have insisted that each kipper must be accompanied by this, a plastic ice pillowโ
Boris Johnson, final leadership hustings, London
26 JUNE 2019
Chances of a no-deal Brexit are โa million-to-one againstโ
Boris Johnson, leadership hustings in London
25 JUNE 2019
โWe are getting ready to come out on October the 31st ... do or die, come what mayโ
Boris Johnson, TalkRadio interview
24 JUNE 2019
There are โabundant technical fixesโ for the Irish border
Boris Johnson, BBC interview
12 JUNE 2019
โThere may be bumps in the roadโ with no deal
Boris Johnson, speech launching Tory leadership campaign
3 JUNE 2019
โIt is an extraordinary fact that this country is forecast in our lifetimes to become the largest and most prosperous economy in this hemisphereโ
Boris Johnson, The Daily Telegraph
15 APRIL 2019
โAs for the so-called association with Steve Bannon, I am afraid this is a lefty delusion whose spores continue to breed in the Twittersphereโ
Boris Johnson, The Daily Telegraph
17 JANUARY 2019
โI didnโt make any remarks about Turkey, mateโ
Boris Johnson, press conference at JCB headquarters
6 JANUARY 2019
โOf all the options suggested by pollsters โ staying in the EU, coming out on Theresa Mayโ terms, or coming out on World Trade terms โ it is the last, the so-called no deal option, that isโฆ by some margin preferred by the British publicโ
Boris Johnson The Daily Telegraph
22 NOVEMBER 2018
โTerrific figures out today show GP numbers rose by over a thousand from June-Sept this yearโ
Matt Hancock, Twitter
9 JULY 2018
โEU regulations stop us lowering lorry windows to help cyclistsโ
Boris Johnson, letter of resignation as foreign secretary
6 APRIL 2016
โThe day after we vote to leave, we hold all the cards and we can choose the path we wantโ
Michael Gove, speech at Vote Leave HQ
25 JANUARY 2016
Brexit will leave the Irish border โabsolutely unchangedโ
Boris Johnson, BBC interview
8 OCTOBER 2015
โWe send the EU ยฃ350m a weekโ
Vote Leave slogan, launch video