Full marks to Labour MP Dawn Butler for telling it like it is in the Commons today and calling Boris Johnson a liar. She was booted from the House for the day but that is a badge of honour. Labour MPs didnt exactly seem to be rushing to her support in some cases but it was good to see Angela Rayner doing so on Twitter.
The issue of Johnson’s lack of a relationship with the truth has a long history.
Indeed when he bid successfully to become London Mayor in 2008 the Guardian ran a series of articles correctly pointing out that he was unfit for Office.
Polly Toynbee described him as a ‘jester, serial liar and self-absorbed sociopath’ (Guardian 17th July 2007)
Indeed but as Marx noted philosophers have only interpreted the world, the point however is to change it’.
Its good to call out Johnson as a liar but it helps if you are actively backing those who can make sure he can only lie out of Office in future.
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