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Watch: Emily Thornberry says Boris Johnson is ‘not a truthful man’

“At the same time as they’re discussing money, they’re discussing a pet project," the shadow attorney general told C4 News.

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2022-01-07 15:43
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Emily Thornberry has hit out at Boris Johnson in an interview today, describing him as “not a truthful man”.

The Labour MP talked to Channel 4 News as the prime minister became embroiled in yet another sleaze scandal.

WhatsApp messages exchanged with a Conservative peer shows he requested funds to redecorate his flat, while also promising to think about a proposed event called the “great exhibition”.

Lord Brownlow then discussed the plans for a ‘Great Exhibition 2.0’ with then culture secretary Oliver Dowden a few weeks later.

None of this was mentioned to Johnson’s ethics adviser Lord Geidt who led the inquiry into the funding behind No.10′s refurbishment.

“These two things go hand-in-hand”

Speaking on Channel 4 News, Thornberry – the shadow attorney general – explained the importance of the text exchange and said: “At the same time as they’re discussing money, they’re discussing a pet project.

“Now, I’m sorry, but these two things go hand-in-hand.”

Presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked: “Are you saying you don’t believe Boris Johnson when he said he forgot this exchange because he didn’t have it in front of him?”

Thornberry replied: “I don’t believe him. I do not believe him. I do not believe that he is a truthful man. I don’t know if that’s newsworthy but I do not think that the prime minister is a truthful man.

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“I don’t think that when he’s in a corner he’s going to tell us the truth.

“He may say that he humbly apologises but that’s not good enough is it?”

Emily Thornberry – "I do not think that the Prime Minister is a truthful man… "#C4News pic.twitter.com/3aJXWnJ7zN

— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) January 6, 2022

Apology

Johnson issued an apology to Geidt on Thursday for not revealing these texts with Brownlow at an earlier date, claiming there were “security issues” at the time which meant he did not have access to those messages.

Geidt said it was “plainly unsatisfactory” that he had not seen them, but accepted Johnson’s apology.

Labour has now asked Commons Standards Commissioner Kathryn Stone to investigate this potential “cash for access” scandal.

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