Boris Johnson
We’ve fact checked Boris Johnson 72 times. Since 2022, we’ve asked him to correct the record four times.
Your trust should be earned. Anyone making serious claims in public debate should be prepared to get their facts right, back up what they say with evidence and correct their mistakes.
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We’ve fact checked Boris Johnson 72 times
Full Fact scrutinises claims made by public figures on all sides of political debate. We prioritise claims that have the potential to cause most harm.
Our team isn’t able to monitor and fact check all claims made by people in public life, so this list isn’t exhaustive.
Was Boris Johnson right to dispute Covid Inquiry evidence on excess deaths?
the ONS data I saw put us I think about 16th or 19th in a table of 33
Boris Johnson, 6 December 2023
Boris Johnson repeats false claim about Keir Starmer voting 48 times to ‘take us back’ into the EU
He talks about integrity; he voted 48 times to overturn the will of the British people and take us back into the European Union.
Boris Johnson, 6 July 2022
The Coalition did not build more affordable homes in a year than Labour did in 13 years of government
We built more affordable homes in one year of the incoming Conservative government after 2010—or Coalition government—than the Labour party did in 13 years in office.
Boris Johnson, 9 June 2022
We’ve asked Boris Johnson to correct the record four times
It’s important that those making claims in public life correct their mistakes. We follow up on our fact checks to ask politicians and media organisations to issue corrections when they get things wrong.
We have been in touch with Boris Johnson about four of his claims. He has yet to correct the record.
Boris Johnson made an incorrect claim about affordable homes on 9 June 2022
It has been 689 days without Boris Johnson correcting the record
Boris Johnson made an incorrect claim about Keir Starmer’s voting record on 26 January 2022 and repeated it multiple times, the latest being 6 July 2022
It has been 800 days without Boris Johnson correcting the record
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