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

1007

“I’ve never supported unilateral disarmament”
  • Angela Rayner, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, X Post
Labour

1006

“Everybody would have liked to see the process [of Diane Abbott’s disciplinary case] speeded up”
  • Yvette Cooper, Shadow Home Secretary, Sky News
Labour

1005

“I’ve always had the aspiration that we will have the best quality candidates as we go into this election.”
Labour Starmer

1004

“It’s not a question of my want… [Diane Abbott’s candidacy is] a matter for the National Executive Committee.”
Labour Starmer

1003

“Jeremy Corbyn expressed his views on disciplinary matters and it led to a very slippery slope. I’ve avoided that.”
Labour Starmer

1002

“Labour has been clear throughout this conflict that international law must be upheld”
Labour
Israel & Palestine

1001

Headline: “Diane Abbott refused to go on antisemitism course to rejoin Labour”
Labour
Client Journalism

1000

Diane Abbott “is subject to an ongoing investigation, which is separate from me.”
Labour Starmer

979

“I would do everything I possibly could to stop what’s happening in the Middle East.”
Labour

959

“… 7.8 million people are currently on the [NHS] waiting lists”
Labour Starmer
NHS & Health

948

“I was not saying that Israel had the right to cut off water, food, fuel or medicines.”
Labour Starmer
Additional Notes Human Rights Israel & Palestine

934

“It’s unwise for politicians to… pronounce, day-by-day, which acts may or may not be in accordance with international law… and I’m not going to get involved in that kind of exercise”
Labour Starmer
Israel & Palestine Russia & Ukraine

835

there was a large bin full to the brim with shredded documents spilling on to the floor. In Corbyn’s office was a sleeping bag. “You could not have pictured a more symbolic scene”
Labour
Client Journalism

825

“Under my leadership there will be zero tolerance of antisemitism”
Labour Starmer

578

“Churchill replaced Chamberlain just days before the Second World War, Lloyd George replaced Asquith weeks into Somme, Eden lost his job during the Suez crisis…”
Labour

182

“Trans rights are human rights and I support the right to self-identification”
  • Sir Keir Starmer, Labour Leadership Candidate, Pink News
Labour Starmer
Human Rights

174

“Work shoulder to shoulder with trade unions to stand up for working people, tackle insecure work and low pay”
Labour Starmer
Broken Campaign Promise

173

“Defend free movement as we leave the EU”
Labour Starmer
Brexit Broken Campaign Promise

172

“End outsourcing in our NHS”
Labour Starmer
Broken Campaign Promise NHS & Health

171

“Public services should be in public hands, not making profits for shareholders. Support common ownership of rail, mail, energy and water”
Labour Starmer
Broken Campaign Promise Treasury & Finance

170

“Promote peace and human rights … and put human rights at the heart of foreign policy” 
Labour Starmer
Broken Campaign Promise Human Rights

169

“Put the Green New Deal at the heart of everything we do”
Labour Starmer
Broken Campaign Promise Climate

168

“Support the abolition of tuition fees”
Labour Starmer
Broken Campaign Promise Treasury & Finance

167

“Increase income tax for the top 5% of earners”
Labour Starmer
Broken Campaign Promise Treasury & Finance

163

“We must scrap the … two-child limit and benefits cap”
  • Sir Keir Starmer, Labour Leadership Candidate, X Post
Labour Starmer
Treasury & Finance

162

“The selections for Labour candidates needs to be more democratic and we should end NEC impositions of candidates. Local Party members should select their candidates for every election.”
  • Sir Keir Starmer, Labour Leadership Candidate, X Post
Labour Starmer

155

Liverpool “has been wounded by the media: The Sun in this city, a hurt for this city, and I certainly won’t be giving interviews to The Sun during the course of this campaign.”
Labour Starmer

153

Jeremy Corbyn is “a colleague and a friend and he’s led us through some really difficult times … I respect him and thank him for what he’s done.”
  • Sir Keir Starmer, Labour Leadership Candidate, ITV News
Labour Starmer

152

“We can put factionalism and division to one side and unify around a radical programme”
Labour Starmer
Additional Notes
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