Boris Johnson

Latest news, fact checks, commentary and analysis about Boris Johnson, the former UK Prime Minister, leader of the Conservative Party and MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

12 August 2025

Archive picture does not show Boris Johnson with Ghislaine Maxwell

The image actually shows a younger Mr Johnson with his first wife.

Boris Johnson in 2021, when he was the UK Prime Minister.

3 July 2024

Boris Johnson’s first campaign appearance: fact checked

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson made his first appearance [12:35] in the 2024 general election campaign last night with a little over a day to go before polling opens on …

6 December 2023

Was Boris Johnson right to dispute Covid Inquiry evidence on excess deaths?

Pandemic deaths in the UK were indeed among the worst in western Europe as the Inquiry had heard—but also about in the middle, by the standards of Europe as a whole, as Mr Johnson said.

2 November 2023

‘Get Covid and live longer’? Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp at Covid Inquiry fact checked

Most people dying of Covid in 2020 were over 80—but they also generally had years of life left.

30 June 2023

False claims that Boris Johnson did not have Covid-19 circulate on social media again

Claims from a satirical blog post about former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s time in hospital with Covid-19 are being shared on social media as if they were true.

22 June 2023

Boris Johnson is not entitled to a ‘£115,000 pension’ as a former Prime Minister

Social media posts wrongly claim that Boris Johnson will receive a £115,000 a year pension.

12 June 2023

Boris Johnson did not win the largest Conservative majority in 44 years

Lord Cruddas is also not correct to say Boris Johnson has never lost an election or campaign.

21 September 2022

Picture doesn’t show Boris Johnson queueing for the Queen’s lying-in-state

The photograph seems to originate on Twitter. The person who first shared it has confirmed that it does not show Boris Johnson.

6 September 2022

Boris Johnson’s final speech as PM: fact checked

We’ve checked six key claims from Boris Johnson’s final speech as Prime Minister, on the vaccine rollout, NHS, schools and more.

2 September 2022

Boris Johnson’s kettle comments taken out of context

An out-of-context clip of the Prime Minister talking about savings from buying a new kettle appears to have been an attempt at an analogy about nuclear power.

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Boris Johnson

Archive picture does not show Boris Johnson with Ghislaine Maxwell

Boris Johnson’s first campaign appearance: fact checked

Was Boris Johnson right to dispute Covid Inquiry evidence on excess deaths?

‘Get Covid and live longer’? Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp at Covid Inquiry fact checked

False claims that Boris Johnson did not have Covid-19 circulate on social media again

Boris Johnson is not entitled to a ‘£115,000 pension’ as a former Prime Minister

Boris Johnson did not win the largest Conservative majority in 44 years

Picture doesn’t show Boris Johnson queueing for the Queen’s lying-in-state

Boris Johnson’s final speech as PM: fact checked

Boris Johnson’s kettle comments taken out of context

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