Hand on heart, I did not lie to the House, Johnson says
Harriet Harman, the chair of the Privileges Committee, warned that misleading the House is a “matter of great importance”.
Harriet Harman, the chair of the Privileges Committee, warned that misleading the House is a “matter of great importance”.
The PM told parliament that there was no party in Downing Street on 13th November - but pictures leaked by ITV appear to prove there was.
After being called out for false claims about wages, it also appears he got his MoJ and police recruitment numbers wrong.
"You’ve said something that isn’t true, you’ve said something that isn’t true about wages," Andrew Marr said.
"His own family knows he's a liar," he said, adding that voters need to be targeted with messages on stuff they really care about.
It comes as a petition to 'make lying in parliament history' closes in on the 150,000 signature mark.
"There's something broken in a system that punishes someone for calling out lies and protects someone else for repeatedly lying," Tommy Corbyn said.
"If you can lie and not be tired by lying, And pretend you act for the public good, Yours is this land and everything in it, And - as you wished - you'll be PM, Johnson."
"You have damaged British science more than any other PM in history," Dr Mike Galsworthy said.
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