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.

4 October 2019

This quote attributed to Boris Johnson is not real

Boris Johnson did not say "we have wiped out the national debt". He did say the Conservatives had tackled the debt and deficit.

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30 September 2019

This video of a crowd booing Boris Johnson is not from the 2019 Conservative party conference

The footage is from 2015.

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19 September 2019

There’s absolutely no evidence the man who confronted Boris Johnson in a hospital was wearing a microphone

It’s extremely unlikely from the sound quality in all the videos taken at Whipps Cross we can find that the man was wearing a microphone.

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6 September 2019

This picture of Boris Johnson isn’t from this week

The image is from an interview with the BBC in April 2019.

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29 July 2019

Did Boris Johnson write this quote about Liverpudlians and Hillsborough?

He was editor of the Spectator, where the comments appeared.

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26 July 2019

Police numbers under Boris Johnson’s time as Mayor

Police officer numbers fluctuated during Boris Johnson’s time as Mayor of London.

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25 July 2019

Boris Johnson's first speech as Prime Minister: factchecked

On 25 July Boris Johnson made his first speech as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. We factchecked claims on no deal Brexit, the number of EU nationals living in the UK, GP waiting times and more.

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25 July 2019

This Guardian quiz on Boris Johnson is meaningless

A recent Guardian quiz on Boris Johnson attracted over 70,000 responses. The respondents were not representative of Guardian readers or the public.

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23 July 2019

A Prime Minister’s words matter—will you stand up for honesty in politics?

A Prime Minister’s words matter. We should take them seriously.

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18 July 2019

Boris Johnson’s kipper claim is a red herring

Boris Johnson claimed that EU regulation required kipper sellers to pack kippers in ice. This is not an EU regulation – it is UK regulation.

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