262 Lies, Deceits and Scandals by Boris and his Tories.

Not A Good Start, Boris

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1. As A Journalist (9 items)
2. Brexit and the EU (35 items)
3. Sexism, Racism, Xenophobia, and Homophobia (17 items)
4. Mayor Boris (18 items)
5. Boris In Power (37 items)
6. Election 2019 (33 items)
7. Boris's Government (37 items)
8. U-Turns (14 items)
9. The Coronavirus Crisis (52 items)
10. The Climate Crisis (5 items)
11. Russian Interference (4 items)
12. Cronyism (6 items)

As A Journalist

1. Boris Johnson fabricated a quote from his own godfather
2. Boris Johnson was sacked for lying about an affair
3. Boris Johnson was involved in a plot to attack a reporter
4. Boris Johnson was accused of sexual harrassment by multiple women
5. Boris Johnson accused Liverpool of wallowing in "victim status" over the murder of Ken Bigley and the Hillsborough disaster
6. Boris Johnson said "bunch of black kids" made him "turn a hair"
7. Boris Johnson said the children of single mothers were "ill-raised, ignorant, aggressive and illegitimate"
8. Boris Johnson said blue-collar British men were "likely to be drunk, criminal, aimless, feckless and hopeless, and perhaps claiming to suffer from low self-esteem brought on by unemployment"
9. Boris Johnson described the banning of handguns, following the murder of 17 people in the Dunblane massacre, thus: "Nanny is confiscating their toys. It is like one of those vast Indian programmes of compulsory vasectomy."

Brexit and the EU

10. Boris Johnson lied about the EU having a "banana police force"
11. Boris Johnson lied about condoms, "eurocoffins", prawn cocktail crisps, balloons, teabags and many other "Euromyths"
12. Boris Johnson claimed the EU said we "can't dip our bread in olive oil in restaurants"
13. Boris Johnson lied about the popularity of a "no deal" Brexit
14. Boris Johnson lied about the EU preventing bananas from being sold in bunches of more than three
15. Boris Johnson lied about the UK being forced to bail out Eurozone countries
16. Boris Johnson lied about the EU banning children from blowing up balloons
17. Boris Johnson lied about the EU stopping the UK from making lorries safer
18. Boris Johnson lied about EU regulations affecting Crossrail
19. Boris Johnson lied about our EU budget contributions
20. Boris Johnson lied about Brexit being able to solve the housing crisis
21. Boris Johnson lied about Brexit benefits after the transition period
22. Boris Johnson lied about Turkey being about to join the EU
23. Boris Johnson compared the EU to Napoleon and Hitler
24. The Tories claimed that 5 new states, including Turkey, will join the EU by 2020
25. Boris Johnson lied about the EU forcing fish to be delivered with an ice pillow
26. Boris Johnson compared the EU to the Nazis
27. Boris Johnson lied about the EU stopping us from having free ports
28. The Tories claimed there would be "no downside to Brexit, only a considerable upside"
29. Boris Johnson lied about mentioning Turkey during the campaign
30. Boris Johnson claimed there "will be no change to the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic"
31. Boris Johnson lied about the £350m bus figure and claimed it was actually "an underestimate"
32. Boris Johnson lied and pretended the EU was sending EU budget money to support bullfighting
33. Boris Johnson pretended the Government was threatening businesses to stop them coming out in support of Leave
34. Boris Johnson lied about the EU being "undemocratic"
35. Boris Johnson lied about the outcome of David Cameron's negotations with the EU
36. Boris Johnson lied about a Bank of England report on the wage effects of immigration
37. The Tories claimed we "will have access to the Single Market after we vote leave"
38. Boris Johnson claimed we'd still have single market access after we leave the EU
39. Boris Johnson lied when he implied David Cameron said that Brexit would lead to "World War Three"
40. Boris Johnson refused to apologise for abusing the memory of Jo Cox
41. The Tories claimed "if you vote 'remain' you'll be paying for euro bailouts"
42. Boris Johnson lied about the Vienna convention protecting the rights of UK citizens living in the EU
43. Boris Johnson lied about extending Brexit costing £1 billion a month
44. Boris Johnson lied about Brexit benefiting the COVID vaccine program in the UK (and free ports and the proposed European superleague)

Sexism, Racism and Homophobia

45. Boris Johnson said that "Voting Tory will cause your wife to have bigger breasts"
46. Boris Johnson compared gay marriage to bestiality
47. Boris Johnson wrote about "tank-topped bumboys"
48. Boris Johnson wrote an article reviewing women and calling them "hot totty"
49. Boris Johnson wrote about "watermelon smiles"
50. Boris Johnson said "we don't want our children being taught some rubbish about homosexual marriage being the same as normal marriage"
51. Boris Johnson wrote about "flag-waving piccaninnies"
52. Boris Johnson blamed Africa's problems on the fact "that we are not in charge any more"
53. Boris Johnson compared Muslim women to "letterboxes" and "bank robbers"
54. Boris Johnson claimed to be "down with the ethnics"
55. Boris Johnson said "right, let's go and look at some more piccaninnies" while visiting Uganda
56. Boris Johnson had to apologise after describing Papua New Guinea as having "orgies of cannibalism and chief-killing"
57. Boris Johnson said Malaysian women go to university "to find men to marry"
58. Boris Johnson lied about racist Tories being "out first bounce"
59. Boris Johnson's Spokesperson refused to say if Boris Johnson thinks black people are mentally inferior to white people
60. Boris Johnson lied about immigrants being responsible for the fall of the Roman Empire
61. Boris Johnson said he had "buyer's remorse" when asked about family life with his new wife and mother to his child Carrie Symonds

Mayor Boris

62. Boris Johnson wasted millions on a vanity bridge project
63. Boris Johnson failed to properly declare personal interests in relation to his affair with Helen Macintyre
64. Boris Johnson wasted millions on unusable water cannons
65. Boris Johnson hid his relationship with Jennifer Arcuri
66. Boris Johnson failed to properly declare personal interests in relation to his affair with Jennifer Arcuri
67. Boris Johnson promised to erase rough sleeping in London ... it went up
68. Boris Johnson lied about improving cyclist safety
69. Boris Johnson lied about affordable housing
70. Boris Johnson lied about murders in London
71. Boris Johnson promised not to close London Underground ticket offices ... and then closed all of them
72. Boris Johnson lied about reducing taxes in London
73. Boris Johnson defended Rupert Murdoch during the phone hacking scandal
74. Boris Johnson lied about how many knives had been taken off the streets of London
75. Boris Johnson backtracked on a manifesto commitment to fund rape crisis centres
76. Boris Johnson lied about his bike
77. Boris Johnson hid evidence of meetings with News International executives
78. Boris Johnson is alleged to have said "fuck the families" about the families of the 7/7 victims
79. Boris Johnson lied when he claimed London police numbers would go up, when the Tories were cutting them

Boris In Power

80. Boris Johnson further endangered Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
81. Boris Johnson broke conflict-of-interest rules three times in less than a year
82. Boris Johnson compared the EU negotiating in its own interests to World War II-style "punishment beatings"
83. Boris Johnson said May's deal was "vassal state stuff" and "utterly unacceptable to anyone who believes in democracy" ... and then voted for it
84. Boris Johnson lied about grammar schools improving achievement in surrounding schools
85. Boris Johnson had a bust-up with Carrie Symonds, to which the police were called
86. Boris Johnson broke the Ministerial code
87. Boris Johnson hid from questions about a staged photo
88. Boris Johnson joked about dead bodies in Libya
89. Boris Johnson said a Queen's speech was a necessity ... then abused the process
90. Boris Johnson said that money spent on child abuse investigations was being "spaffed up the wall" ... and then lied about saying it
91. Boris Johnson lied about there being no press in a hospital ... in front of press
92. Boris Johnson sacked 21 of his own MPs because they disagreed with him
93. Boris Johnson called the French "turds" who "shafted Britain"
94. Boris Johnson lied to fellow MPs during his leadership campaign about keeping the Department for International Development
95. Boris Johnson unlawfully prorogued Parliament in order to block it from performing its duty
96. Boris Johnson lied to the DUP about putting a border in the Irish sea
97. Boris Johnson reneged on his promise of a tax cut for higher earners if made Tory party leader
98. Boris Johnson played games with the lives of millions
99. Boris Johnson lied about the Tories not doing deals with other parties
100. Boris Johnson lied about Theresa May's EU withdrawal bill
101. Boris Johnson lied about Canterbury getting a new hospital
102. Boris Johnson lied about Article 24 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
103. Boris Johnson lied about himself voting in a local election, then tried to hide the lie by deleting a tweet
104. Boris Johnson lied in Parliament about using the words "surrender" and "betrayal"
105. Boris Johnson wasted tens of millions on Brexit propaganda
106. Boris Johnson said "fuck business"
107. Boris Johnson promised to investigate Islamophoia in the Tory party ... then reneged on that promise
108. Boris Johnson wasted police time for political reasons
109. Boris Johnson lied and said he'd lie in front of a bulldozer to stop a third runway being built at Heathrow
110. Boris Johnson told pork pies about pork pies
111. Boris Johnson lied about there being a "million to one chance" of no deal
112. The Tories lied about Yellowhammer
113. Boris Johnson lied about the cost of an extension to Article 50
114. Boris Johnson lied and said he'd "rather be dead in a ditch" than agree a Brexit extension
115. Boris Johnson failed to deliver on his promise that Britain would leave the EU on 31st October
116. Boris Johnson lied about a convicted drug dealer, for which the Telegraph had to apologise

Election 2019

117. Boris Johnson lied about not wanting an election
118. The Tories doctored a video of Sir Keir Starmer
119. Boris Johnson lied about "40 new hospitals"
120. Boris Johnson lied about Labour offering a Scottish independence referendum in 2020
121. Boris Johnson lied about "20,000 new police"
122. The Tories plastered Facebook with ads, of which 9 in every 10 were misleading
123. The Tories lied about Universal Credit
124. The Tories lied about banning fracking
125. Boris Johnson lied about Parliament blocking Brexit
126. The Tories own forecasts suggest Boris Johnson's Brexit deal would reduce GDP growth by 6.7% by 2034
127. The Tories criticised Labour's manifesto spending, while refusing to reveal the costings for their own manifesto
128. Boris Johnson lied and claimed John McDonnell called for exchange controls
129. Boris Johnson claimed shelving plans to cut corporation tax would save billions after claiming cuts to corporation tax always increased tax revenue
130. The Tories lied about the sentencing of child killers
131. The Tories lied and pretended to be an independent factchecking service
132. The Tories doctored a video of Jess Phillips
133. The Tories set up a fake Labour Manifesto website
134. Boris Johnson lied about our corporation tax rate being the lowest in Europe
135. Boris Johnson lied about building six new hospitals
136. The Tories lied about recruiting 50,000 new nurses
137. The Tories issued their candidates with a smear manual
138. Boris Johnson lied about lying
139. Boris Johnson regened on his promise to be interviewed by Andrew Neil
140. Boris Johnson and The Tories lied about the sentencing of terrorists within hours of the London Bridge attack and after the families of the victims had asked that the deaths of their loved ones not be abused for political gain
141. Boris Johnson lied about his Queen's speech being blocked by Parliament
142. Boris Johnson lied when he claimed Labour want to "disband MI5"
143. Boris Johnson lied when he claimed Labour want to "abandon NATO"
144. Boris Johnson lied about the scale of child poverty
145. The Tories set up a fake Labour candidate website
146. The Tories lied about who was responsible for the rise in homelessness
147. The Tories lied about an assault
148. The Tories lied about Labour's planning to scrap the main home exemption to capital gains tax
149. Boris Johnson hid in a fridge to avoid answering a few questions

Boris's Government

150. The Tories broke their promise to make trains accessible for disabled people
151. Boris Johnson reneged on a promise to give MPs a vote on extending the Brexit transition in 2020
152. Boris Johnson broke his promise to hold an investigation into Tory party Islamophobia
153. The Tories broke their promise to raise the minimum wage
154. Boris Johnson banned ministers from appearing on Today on BBC Radio 4
155. Boris Johnson lied about the life expectancy gap between rich and poor narrowing
156. Boris Johnson barred journalists from critical publications from Downing Street
157. Boris Johnson lied about not believing in gestures
158. Boris Johnson backtracked on his commitment to keeping the same Single Market access
159. Boris Johnson lied about new border checks on EU imports
160. The Tories risked failing to get a Brexit deal in order to open the door to roll back the Human Rights Act
161. The Tories wasted hundreds of millions of pounds buying the wrong satellites rather than cooperate with the EU
162. Boris Johnson laughed about coal mine closures
163. The Tories are using secretive back-channel communication apps to avoid oversight and transparency
164. Boris Johnson lied about customs checks between Great Britain and Northern Ireland
165. The Tories readmitted an MP who sexually harassed a member of staff to the party
166. The Tories voted to ignore the sleaze of a colleague, instead decided to change the system of parliamentary standards in their favour
167. Many Tories were revealed to be moonlighting in second jobs
168. Boris Johnson lied about child poverty during PMQs
169. Boris Johnson wasted £900,000 on a paint job for a a "Brexit jet"
170. Boris Johnson reneged on a promise to eliminate NHS fees for health and care workers from overseas
171. Boris Johnson defended Robert Jenrick after the latter became embroiled in a scandal involving planning permission being rushed through for a Tory party donor
172. The Tories tried to ammend planning legislation to remove the requirement for newly built homes to have at least one window
173. The Tories voted to allow water companies to dump raw sewage into rivers and seas
174. The Tories blackmailed MPs to try to stop them from rebelling against Boris Johnson
175. Boris Johnson lied about Marcus Rashford's school meals campaign
176. Boris Johnson lied about customs checks on goods crossing from Great Britain to Northern Ireland
177. The Tories have made it policy to ban people critical of the government from speaking at Whitehall events
178. Boris Johnson allegedly lied about going camping
179. Boris Johnson backtracked on a manifesto commitment to address the social care crisis
180. Boris Johnson planned to have party donors "secretly pay" for work on his home
181. Boris Johnson spaffed millions on a vanity briefing room
182. Boris Johnson lied about the TFL budget and abused his position to interfere in the London mayoral election
183. Boris Johnson didn't know the name of a Conservative candidate while campaigning for him
184. Boris Johnson asked donors to pay for a personal trainer, a personal chef, and a nanny for one of his children
185. The Tories sacked a minister because she was Muslim
186. Boris Johnson lied to the inquiry examining the funding of the refurbishment of the Downing Street flat

U-Turns

187. Boris Johnson promised not to close London Underground ticket offices ... and then closed all of them
188. Boris Johnson said May's deal was "vassal state stuff" and "utterly unacceptable to anyone who believes in democracy" ... and then voted for it
189. Boris Johnson promised to investigate Islamophoia in the Tory party ... then reneged on that promise
190. Boris Johnson lied and said he'd lie in front of a bulldozer to stop a third runway being built at Heathrow
191. The Tories u-turned on free school meals
192. The Tories u-turned on the "world-beating" contact tracing app
193. The Tories u-turned on face masks in schools
194. The Tories u-turned on A-level and GCSE results (twice)
195. The Tories u-turned on the evictions ban
196. The Tories u-turned on their promise that people would not have to sell their homes to fund their social care
197. The Tories u-turned on remote voting for MPs
198. The Tories u-turned on the NHS surcharge for migrant healthcare workers
199. The Tories u-turned on the the bereavement scheme for NHS cleaners and porters
200. Boris Johnson complained about a PM stuffing the House of Lords "with his cronies", then stuffed the House of Lords with his cronies

The Coronavirus Crisis

201. The Tories hid details of, and lied about, a contract bunged to a Tory crony
202. Boris Johnson "broke COVID lockdown rules" with Downing Street parties at Xmas
203. Boris Johnson contradicted expert advice to avoid unnecessary socialising over Christmas 2021
204. Boris Johnson dismissed COVID as "another scare story, like the swine flu"
205. The Tories ignored warnings in 2016 that the UK did not have the PPE or ventilators to cope with a respiratory pandemic like Coronavirus
206. Boris Johnson missed critical COBR meetings during the early stages of the pandemic ... because he went on holiday
207. Boris Johnson squandered a head start on the crisis
208. The Tories reduced the Department of Health and Social Care emergency stockpile by 40% over six years
209. Boris Johnson said the initiative to build more ventilators during the coronavirus crisis could be known as "Operation Last Gasp"
210. Boris Johnson shook the hands of Coronavirus patients during the pandemic (and for at least a week after his boast)
211. Boris Johnson at best failed miserably to communicate the UK' plan, and at worst followed a damaging and unscientific strategy to deal with the crisis
212. The Tories lied and claimed they put a "protective ring" around care homes at the start of the pandemic
213. The Tories politicised the scientific body tasked with advising the Government on their pandemic strategy
214. The Tories broke their promise to feed children in need during the lockdown
215. Boris Johnson ignored isolation rules after spending time with a COVID-positive staffer
216. Boris Johnson ignored the advice of scientists who recommended a brief "circuit-breaker" national lockdown
217. Boris Johnson pursued a potentially damaging brinksmanship Brexit strategy while the economy was being decimated
218. The Tories lied and claimed the UK was doing more testing than any other country
219. The Tories lied about the reasons they failed to join the EU ventilator and PPE procurement scheme
220. The Tories failed to deliver on their promised levels of Coronavirus testing
221. Boris Johnson lied to Parliament about the Government's advice to care homes
222. The Tories ordered 250 ventilators that could not be used safely
223. Boris Johnson barred Sunday Times journalists from asking questions during coronavirus briefings
224. The Tories failed to explain over 10,000 excess deaths in care homes
225. The Tories stopped showing a chart comparing UK deaths to the other nations as soon as it became clear we were doing worse than almost every other country
226. The Tories introduced quarantine for new arrivals in the UK ... 73 days late
227. The Tories refused to publish the scientific advice they were basing their decisions on until after the pandemic
228. The Tories misrepresented the work of a scientist to justify the UK's huge death toll
229. Boris Johnson lied about workplace safety inspections
230. The Tories told coroners not to look at potential systematic failures when investigating the deaths of NHS workers
231. Boris Johnson issued confusing and nonsensical advice to the public
232. The Tories lied about hitting their self-imposed testing target of 100,000 per day by the end of April (even though they fudged the numbers)
233. The Tories diverted emergency funds to rich areas, mostly with Tory-run councils, despite other areas being in greater need
234. Boris Johnson defended Dominic Cummings and described him as acting "responsibly" and "with integrity" after the latter broke lockdown rules to travel to Durham, including driving while visually impaired and taking a day trip to Barnard Castle
235. Boris Johnson relaxed lockdown rules for Christmas and contributed to a rise in cases
236. The Tories discouraged the wearing of face masks and described the scientific evidence in favour of them as "extremely weak"
237. The Tories acted unlawfully when failing to reveal details of COVID contracts signed during the pandemic
238. The Tories acted unlawfully when awarding COVID contracts to their friends
239. Boris Johnson lied about Weston-super-Mare going into a "local lockdown"
240. Boris Johnson promised to meet the bereaved families of coronavirus victims, then decided he couldn't be bothered
241. Boris Johnson failed to deliver on his promised "world-beating" test and trace app
242. Boris Johnson broke social distancing rules in Parliament to have a meeeting with Tory MPs
243. Boris Johnson resisted lockdown measures because it was only over-80s dying
244. Boris Johnson claimed he would not let the country risk a second spike of coronavirus
245. The Tories funnelled companies through a "VIP lane" for lucrative PPE contracts, without competition
246. Boris Johnson allegedly said he would rather see "bodies pile high in their thousands" than order a third lockdown
247. Boris Johnson "acted illegally" over jobs for top anti-COVID staff
248. Boris Johnson lied about the shortage of COVID tests, while COVID tests were unavailable
249. Boris Johnson failed to wear a mask in a hospital (during a respiratory virus pandemic)
250. Boris Johnson failed to wear a mask in a crowded conference venue (during a respiratory virus pandemic)
251. Boris Johnson failed to put on a mask in a crowded public train (during a respiratory virus pandemic) after apologising for failing to wear a mask in a hospital (during a respiratory virus pandemic)
252. The Tories unlawfully provided their donors and friends a VIP PPE lane for lucrative PPE contracts

The Climate Crisis

253. Boris Johnson lied about commercial nuclear fusion
254. Boris Johnson has repeatedly talked down or denied anthropogenic climate change
255. Boris Johnson dodged a leaders' debate on climate change
256. Boris Johnson doesn't understand and doesn't care about climate change
257. Boris Johnson took a private flight back from COP26, rather than a far more environmentally-friendly train, to go to a dinner at a private club

Russian Interference

258. Boris Johnson hid a report on Russian election interference
259. The Tories decided not to investigate the Russian interference into the 2016 Brexit referendum, despite knowing Russia had interfered in previous Western democratic exercises
260. The Tories ruled out investigating interference into the EU referendum within an hour of the report being released calling for that investigation
261. The Tories failed to implement the electoral integrity recommendations from the Russian interference report

Cronyism

262. Boris Johnson forced experienced civil servant Sir Mark Sedwill to resign so he could replace him with a less qualified Brexit supporter
263. Boris Johnson complained about a PM stuffing the House of Lords "with his cronies", then stuffed the House of Lords with his cronies
264. The Tories ripped up the appointment process for the new chair of Ofcom in order to crowbar in their preferred candidate
265. The Tories handed millions in covid contracts to their buddies and bypassed procurement requirements
266. Boris Johnson handed titles to party donors and ex-associates
267. Boris Johnson promised cushy tax breaks to Brexit buddy James Dyson

Downing Street Lockdown Party Tracker

The Tories were partying in Downing Street while people were dying and grieving alone.

Party Counter: 16+

Date	Attending	Description
Unknown	Unknown Number 10 Staffers	"Wine time Fridays", an unknown number of social Number 10 staffer events for which they purchased a dedicated wine fridge
2020-05-15	Boris Johnson, Carrie Johnson, 15+ Staffers	Cheese and Wine party
2020-05-20	Boris Johnson, Carrie Johnson, 30+ Staffers	"bring-your-own-booze" "socially distanced drinks in the No 10 garden"
2020-11-13	Carrie Johnson, Unknown number of staffers	"Victory party" in the Downing Street flat following the resignation of Dominic Cummings (Cummings has claimed there were more parties in the flat)
2020-11-25	24 Treasury Staffers	Drinks party held to celebrate Rishi Sunak's spending review
2020-11-27	Boris Johnson, Unknown number of staffers	Leaving event for Cleo Watson (Johnson made a speech and commented on how crowded it was)
2020-12-10	Boris Johnson, Steve Higham, Unknown Number 10 Staffers	Leaving event for Steve Highham (Johnson made a speech)
2020-12-10	Gavin Williamson, DfE Staffers	DfE "gathering" to thank staff
2020-12-14	Shaun Bailey, Conservative Party members	Conservative Party gathering at their HQ
2020-12-15	Boris Johnson, Unknown number of Staffers	Christmas quiz for No 10 staff, staff were told to leave "by the back door"
2020-12-16	DfT Staffers	DfT Christmas party
2020-12-17	Simon Case, Unknown	Simon Case, the man put in charge of investigating Downing Street parties, resigned when it was revealed he'd been at one
2020-12-17	Kate Josephs, Unknown	Leaving event for Kate Josephs of the Cabinet Office's COVID taskforce
2020-12-18	Unknown	Downing Street party with Secret Santa (this is the one Allegra Stratton joked about)
2021-03-24	Unknown Home Office Staffers	"Mingling" while enjoying "prosecco at desks".
2021-04-16	Unknown Staffers	Leaving do for James Slack
2021-04-16	Unknown Staffers	Leaving do for one for one of Johnson's "personal photographers"