Lies, Falsehoods and Misrepresentations from Boris Johnson to Keir Starmer

£2,000 Labour Tax 0
£900 Tax Cut 0
100,000 Migrants 11
Additional Notes 52
Breach of Ministerial Code 84
Brexit 132
Broken Campaign Promise 11
Client Journalism 26
Climate 16
Conservative 975
Corrected 14
Covid 167
Covid Party's 45
Crime & Policing 24
Displaced People 64
Hospitals 29
Human Rights 36
Israel & Palestine 23
Johnson 309
Johnson in Parliament 80
Labour 29
NHS & Health 141
Prime Minister 135
Russia & Ukraine 18
Starmer 22
Statistics 19
Sunak 112
Trade 52
Treasury & Finance 89
Truss 24
Uncategorized 0
Vaccine 26

982

“But we have used our Brexit dividend to get the NHS *more than a £1 billion* more every single week than it had before Brexit”
  • Kemi Badenoch, Secretary of State for Business and Trade, X Post
Conservative
Brexit NHS & Health Treasury & Finance

936

“Frankly, bent or straight, it is not [for] the government to decide the shape of bananas you want to eat – I just need to assure you that they are safe. So we will be dropping absurd regulations, including the one on bendy bananas”
Conservative
Additional Notes Brexit

932

“Our newfound independence has enabled us to repeatedly get ahead of events. Whether that’s with the manufacturing of lifesaving vaccines, which then gave us the ability to lift out of lockdowns…”
Conservative
Brexit Client Journalism Covid Vaccine

931

“Because of Brexit, we’ve created freeports in places like Teesside, where there is record investment coming in”
Conservative Sunak
Brexit Client Journalism Prime Minister Trade

929

“… my friends at GB News. Thank you for everything that you do … our country needed a new disruptor when it came to the broadcast media to take on the establishment: The Tory-hating, Brexit-bashing, free speech deniers at the BBC and the so-called mainstream media” 
Conservative
Brexit

913

“No” Brexit isn’t a big factor in why the UK isn’t doing as well as it’s competitors in bringing down inflation
  • Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Channel 4
Conservative
Brexit

901

‎”Remember Brexit has already helped deliver all kinds of benefits – from new free trade deals to the fastest vaccine roll out in Europe”
  • Boris Johnson, Former Prime Minister and MP, Twitter
Conservative Johnson
Brexit Covid Trade Vaccine

892

‎”The vaccine rollout was a clear example of how being out of the EU actually helped us”
  • Miriam Cates MP, BBC
Conservative
Brexit Covid Vaccine

889

‎”I happened to vote for Brexit”
  • Grant Shapps, Energy Secretary, Sky News
Conservative
Additional Notes Brexit

861

‎”This is not to do with Brexit; it is to do with supply chain issues following the pandemic and the war between Russia and Ukraine”
Conservative
Brexit Trade

856

‎”I don’t believe [Brexit] is [a drag on the economy]. The figures don’t show that.”
  • Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, ITV News
Conservative
Brexit

824

‎”had it not been for the fact that we came out of the European Medicines Agency and the MHRA was now totally free to decide how fast to approve a vaccine. We wouldn’t have been able to do that vaccine rollout so fast … Brexit helped save Lives”
  • Boris Johnson, Former Prime Minister, TalkTV
Conservative Johnson
Brexit Client Journalism Covid Vaccine

823

“Whether leading Europe’s fastest vaccine rollout, striking trade deals with over 70 countries or taking back control of our borders, we’ve forged a path as an independent nation with confidence.”
Conservative Sunak
Brexit Covid Trade Vaccine

822

“Freedom to roll-out one of the world’s fastest vaccine programmes”
  • Suella Braverman, Home Secretary, X Post
Conservative
Brexit Covid Vaccine

821

“One thing that you can point to is our vaccination programme during the pandemic where we were able to go further and faster and lead Europe”
Conservative
Brexit Covid Vaccine

813

‎”There is no desire in Scotland to have membership of the EU”
Conservative
Brexit

791

‎”We had the fastest vaccine rollout in the world. We had that because of our freedoms after leaving the EU”
Conservative Sunak
Brexit Covid Vaccine

787

‎”I don’t accept that Brexit is the cause of the big economic difficulties we face”
  • Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sky News
Conservative
Brexit Trade

781

‎”Brexit can deliver, and is already delivering, enormous benefits and opportunities”
Conservative
Additional Notes Brexit Trade

777

‎”That is the global context. That’s what’s dominated conversations that I’ve been having here.”
Conservative Sunak
Brexit Trade

774

‎”Had we been a member the European Union in February […] we would not have been able to set a framework to allow Ukraine to be so successful. That would’ve been one of the biggest defeats for the Western world in modern history”
Conservative
Additional Notes Brexit

775

‎”What I don’t accept is the premise that Brexit will make us poorer”
  • Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, BBC
Conservative
Brexit

773

‎”When [The Northern Ireland Protocol] was written, I honestly don’t think the people behind writing it thought it would have the ramifications that it has.”
  • Chris Heaton-Harris, Northern Ireland Secretary, Sky News
Conservative
Brexit

763

‎”We’ve secured new free trade deals with over 70 countries since 2016. That’s over £800 billion worth of new global trade”
  • Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations, Twitter
Conservative
Additional Notes Brexit Trade

758

‎”On balance Brexit has been a significant success for this country”
  • Michael Gove, Levelling up Secretary, Sky News
Conservative
Brexit Trade

760

‎”We wouldn’t have had the vaccine roll-out that was so successful if we had been within the European Union”
  • Michael Gove, Levelling Up Secretary, Sky News
Conservative
Brexit Covid Vaccine

736

‎”By the end of the year all EU red tape will be consigned to history.”
Conservative Truss
Brexit Prime Minister

704

‎”Delivering Brexit, delivering our manifesto commitments…”
Conservative Johnson
Brexit Treasury & Finance

685

‎A post Brexit deal with the CPTPP [Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership] could boost exports by £18bn.
  • Liz Truss, FCDO Secretary of State, Express
Conservative
Brexit Trade

675

‎”There’s every reason that could continue”
  • James Cleverly, Secretary of State for Education, Sky News
Conservative
Brexit
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