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Peter Oborne
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Fate of Abraham has a tragic contemporary relevance this year
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Why I as a Conservative will vote for Jeremy Corbyn.
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Boris Johnson wants to destroy the Britain I love. I cannot vote Conservative | Peter Oborne
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Mustafa Barghouti is an immensely distinguished and thoughtful voice. The arrogance, bigotry and ignorance of the interviewer illustrates the depths to which so much western journalism has sunk.
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Dima Khatib
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Journalism is committing suicide after this interview
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Peter Oborne
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The irony. Kicked out of the Commons for telling the truth.
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Peter Stefanovic
3 years
Breaking: Courageous Labour MP @DawnButlerBrent has just been told to leave the Chamber by Deputy Speaker for raising my film which public have sent to 27 MILLION VIEWS in protest at Prime Ministers rampant lying in Parliament & calling PM a lier Thank you for your courage Dawn
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Exactly one month ago I posted to Speaker Hoyle a list of falsehoods uttered by Boris Johnson and ministers on floor of Commons in defiance of ministerial code and Erskine May. No reply. Not even an acknowledgement.
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I've fact-checked the claims that Jeremy Corbyn is "pro-Putin". It turns out that no politician has been more consistent or more prescient about Putin than Corbyn. When he warned about Russian donor money he was mocked. My new column for Middle East Eye:
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Did the BBC really do this? So shocking if true.
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BBC 1 PM news edited out the audience laughing at Boris Johnson when he was questioned on trust. The key moment of the entire night. This is unforgivable journalism
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I argue, as a Brexiteer, that we need to take a long deep breath. We need to swallow our pride, and think again. My new piece for Open Democracy makes the case for a long Brexit pause for reflection:
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It seems they did. This kind of thing was normal on state TV in Soviet Russia. Should not happen in a democracy like Britain. The BBC urgently needs to explain itself.
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Did the BBC really do this? So shocking if true.
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For three years I tracked Johnson's lies and fabrications. Hundreds of them. The link below takes you to 60 plus time he misled or lied to Parliament in defiance of the ministerial code. NB: it only goes up to May this year.
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I had the privilege of studying Arabic as an external student at the Islamic University of Gaza. This is heartbreaking.
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Ryan Dawson
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dancing Israeli soldiers inside a medical facility of the Islamic University of Gaza. They blew up the building after recording this video
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I love this BBC reporter
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Muhammad Lila
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This BBC reporter was interviewing a family of migrant workers. They'd been walking for days just to get home. During the interview, he saw the man had no shoes. So he took off his own — and gave them to him. ( @SalmanRavi )
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Today I am starting to publish a detailed, annotated record of the lies, falsehoods and misleading statements made by Boris Johnson and colleagues dating back to his appointment as prime minister in July 2019. They are available here:
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Yesterday feels to me like Johnson’s Black Wednesday. The beginning of the end and no coming back.
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4 years
This political crisis is no longer about the wretched Cummings. It is about Johnson and, in particular, why the prime minister hasn't sacked him. Is it because he knew Cummings was going to Durham, gave the green light, and therefore authorised a breach of the lockdown rules?
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Boris Johnson expelled Rory Stewart from the Conservative Party.
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James Withers
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You have two minutes to get your message across with detail but clarity, navigating a hugely complex issue. A masterclass @RoryStewartUK
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My dossier of the lies, falsehoods and misrepresentations of Boris Johnson and his government is now published:
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2 years
Two senior cabinet resignations would polish Johnson off at this point.
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The BBC was complicit in Johnson’s lies. The Corporation’s Verify Project, which claims to expose disinformation and fake news, now has a duty to examine the BBC’s own reporting on Johnson. My new column for Middle East Eye:
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3 years
Metaphor for British mainstream media
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Aditya Raj Kaul
3 years
A woman did her regular aerobics class out in open without realizing that a coup was taking place in #Myanmar . A Military convoy reaching the parliament can be seen behind the woman as she performs aerobics. Incredible!
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Impressive how quickly Sajid Javid has mastered this complex subject, an area in which he has no previous knowledge or experience, within a week of becoming Secretary of State.
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Sajid Javid
3 years
We are going to have to learn to live with Covid and find ways to cope with it – just as we already do with flu. Please read my piece in the Mail on Sunday.
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Piers Morgan's point here is unanswerable. It is disgraceful that the Johnson government boycotts a major national TV news show during a national emergency.
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Good Morning Britain
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'I think it's shameful and I think it's completely wrong.' @piersmorgan | #GMB
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Five weeks ago I sent Speaker Hoyle a list of false and misleading statements made on the floor of the Commons by Boris Johnson and ministers in defiance of the ministerial code. That list will be up shortly on the @BylineTimes website.
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Rishi Sunak told MPs that the illegal arrest of Imran Khan was an “internal matter for Pakistan”. This refusal to condemn the actions of the Sharif government is beginning to look awfully like British complicity. My new column for Middle East Eye:
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Peter Oborne
2 years
I urge people to watch this important documentary. It transforms our understanding of the narrative which destroyed Jeremy Corbyn. Meanwhile the silence from the media/political establishment is deafening.
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Here is Vanessa Feltz closing me down on Talk TV after I said that Israeli politicians engaged in 'genocidal talk'. She insisted this was "not accurate or true" and ended the discussion. Tragically there are many examples, led by Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Middle East Eye
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“I didn’t come on to be lectured by you.” British journalist Peter Oborne is interrupted by TalkTV host Vanessa Feltz during a discussion in which she claimed that Israel does not use “genocidal talk" when referring to Palestinians
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What a chastening day for Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer and Britain's political and media class.
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Saudis kill thousands of innocent people with their bombing campaign in Yemen. No British condemnation. Attack on Saudi oil installations. No reported casualties. British foreign secretary outraged.
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Dominic Raab
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Just spoke to @SecPompeo about this egregious attack on the security of Saudi Arabia. This was a reckless attempt to damage regional security and disrupt global oil supplies. The UK condemns such behaviour unreservedly.
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A source tells me that Cameron suspended funds to Unrwa “only on the basis of information in the public domain”. I checked with the FO. No answer. If my source is right, Britain defunded Unrwa on the back of unchecked Israeli claims. My col for MEE:
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Peter Oborne
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Yesterday morning I rang the BBC press office and asked for an example of a BBC political reporter calling out Mr Johnson as a liar. I asked for a response by 5pm yesterday. No answer so far.
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BBC News Press Team
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Letter to @guardian from BBC editorial policy director 👇
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I am afraid this is a straightforward lie from PM's press secretary Allegra Stratton. Mr Johnson does not act with integrity or honesty and he does not follow the Nolan principles. All this is all too well documented.
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Pippa Crerar
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Important to have this on record. PM press sec Allegra Stratton says of Boris Johnson: "He does believe in the wider principles of integrity and honesty. "He acts with integrity and honesty and he follows the Nolan principles when conducting himself in public life".
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Leaving aside the nightmare economic consequences, Truss waved goodbye to the Red Wall today.
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Ultra fastidious Kawczynski nevertheless cheerfully attended a recent far right event in Rome alongside Viktor Orban, Matteo Salvini, Marion Marechal et al.
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Peter Oborne
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A second former soldier (and very brave one) has been in touch privately to agree with my Guardian piece along with a former Ambassador and plenty of others who normally vote Tory.
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Why I as a Conservative will vote for Jeremy Corbyn.
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Conservative commentators Stephen Glover (Mail) and Iain Martin (Times) have written identical columns this morning concluding that racism not such a problem. Both avert their gaze from Boris Johnson's long history of racist remarks. Well done chaps!
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Between 1-4 Dec the Conservatives blasted out 6,749 adds on Facebooks. 88% made claims that had already been classified by @FullFact as misleading. Boris Johnson's Tories are deceiving voters on an industrial scale. NB Facebook allows political lying.
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Peter Oborne
2 years
We've added another 45 or so lies, falsehoods and misleading statements to the website today, bringing the total recorded to well over 400. Sadly, many more to be published. This task never ends.
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BBC newsreader resorts to cheap insult rather than explain why BBC edited out audience laughing at Boris Johnson when he was questioned on trust.
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2 years
Liz Truss is a manifestation of billionaire cash as mediated through dark money think tanks. My latest contribution to @DoubleDownNews
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Peter Oborne
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Well said Frankie Boyle
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Peter Oborne
3 years
Two months since the book was published and still no reviews in the Murdoch Press, Associated Newspapers or the Telegraph Group. So I'm immensely grateful to Peter Stefanovic, who has done so much to expose Johnson's lies, for this endorsement.
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Peter Stefanovic
3 years
Everyone should read @OborneTweets superb book exposing how & why Boris Johnson shamelessly lies & how the media has let him get away with it yet
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Quentin Letts in today's Sun: "Where do these top lawyers live, which clubs do they belong to, what are the political views of their spouses?" Sinister.
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1 year
Those who accuse Corbyn of being a Putin fan should watch this. Afterwards the Labour leader wasn't just attacked by Tories. He was mocked in the press and criticised by several of his own MPs.
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Tory Fibs
2 years
4 years ago Jeremy Corbyn condemned Russian money interfering in British Politics. Listen carefully to that moment as MPs shouted “shame” and “disgrace” at Jeremy for daring to try to clean up politics.
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So @PeterStefanovi2 devastating film documenting Johnson's lies has gone viral with 10 million views and is being reported in Italy's most respected newspaper but not British mainstream papers let alone the BBC
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Put down your mince pies and Christmas celebrations just for a moment And consider what is happening in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Christianity:
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Lindsay Hoyle's statement in the Commons yesterday that “All members should correct the record if they make an inaccurate statement to the House", accompanied by a reading from the Ministerial Code, was a welcome step and a pointed rebuke to the prime minister.
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The sheer criminal dishonesty of this without parallel in modern British history:
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The Telegraph
4 years
Tomorrow’s Telegraph front page: “Johnson: EU a threat to integrity of the UK” #TomorrowsPapersToday
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Israel has a record of telling big lies. They’ve lied again & again, fabricating fake episodes to substantiate fake stories. Netanyahu has wanted to destroy UNRWA in Gaza for years because UNRWA acknowledges Palestinian refugees & their right of return
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Publication of my book on Trump, Johnson and their joint assault on truth is imminent:
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This ITV News podcast breaks new ground: "the accusation that No10 staff deliberately destroyed evidence raises questions about whether the Met Police and Sue Gray obtained the whole truth"
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Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer and Sir Lindsay Hoyle have whipped up a moral panic against British Muslims. I describe what happened and the burning questions Britain's most powerful politicians must now answer:
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Incredible. Is this because successive Conservative prime ministers did not want the intelligence services to investigate Tory Party donors?
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BBC News (UK)
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"The report reveals that no one in government knew if Russia interfered in or sought to influence the [Brexit] referendum because they did not want to know" Stewart Hosie MP says government "actively avoided looking for evidence that Russia interfered"
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Exactly three months ago I wrote this article arguing that Jeremy Corbyn is far less of an economic risk than Boris Johnson. The arguments hold good today:
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Imagine the pound had crashed to record lows with Corbyn in charge. Imagine the headlines. The anger. The lacerating contempt. But it's Boris Johnson in Number 10, with his plan for No Deal. So it's ok.
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Peter Jukes
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Every time the £ crashes because of a Govt manoeuvre we have the right to ask if all those hedge funders backing Johnson/Farage have any prior insight? There are no insider trader laws around Forex and off shore hedge funds easily bypass scrutiny
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This eloquent lady has just been suspended from the Labour Party. Anyone wanting to full understanding of Labour's anti semitism crisis should listen to what she has to say.
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No mention in today's Times of the International Court of Justice ruling on Gaza till page 42.
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300 allegations of Tory Islamophobia in devastating report. No coverage in FT or Daily Telegraph. Seven paras on p.16 of Times. Nothing in the Daily Mail, Express, or the Sun. My new column for MEE: British Tories are morphing into a party of bigots
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The trivial malice of this
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Joe Brolly
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Israel’s military today bulldozed a monument to Yasser Arafat in the West Bank. Yasser won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 & with Yitshak Rabin strove for a peaceful two state solution.
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I pray that I am wrong, but I fear that reckless statements by Sunak and Starmer have established a political foundation that may leave Britain complicit in massacres, indiscriminate bombing, and ethnic cleansing. My new column for Middle East Eye:
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Al Jazeera's sober, scrupulous documentary about October 7th does much more than simply correct the record. It also raises serious concerns about the failure of British media to examine the Israeli narrative. I write for Middle East Eye:
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Put together today's Open Democracy report, and the latest jaw dropping revelations from the Daily Mail, point to serious financial scandal inside Downing Street involving the prime minister, Conservative HQ and wealthy donors.
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client journalism
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“The reason for putting the jam on first is because jam is adhesive” Conservative leader Boris Johnson prepares a scone, saying, when asked about the correct order of jam and cream, that he "couldn't remember, so I guessed"
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France, home of free speech.
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Peter Allen
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Water cannon, tear gas and baton charges already being used against pro-Palestine protesters in Paris.
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We now need a full scale, judge-led enquiry into how Britain's political media class was penetrated for so long, and up to the highest level, by Putin proxies. My new column for Middle East Eye:
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Our old friend the 'Senior Conservative source'
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Laura Kuenssberg
4 years
Latest in Neil-gate - Senior Conservative source claims public might not be interested in Johnson interview - ‘The public are fed up with interviews that are all about the interviewer and endless interruptions. The format is tired and broken and needs to change’
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Channel 4 corrected and apologised for its false report expeditiously. In telling contrast Mr Johnson has gone on making the same false claims about Corbyn wanting to get rid of M15, close down military, 40 hospitals being built etc for weeks now without retraction or apology.
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Robbie Gibb
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Channel 4 News revealed, yet again, to have a total disregard for impartiality. Less than a week before the election they have been caught doctoring footage to smear the PM as a racist. The head of Channel 4 should go on C4 News tonight to make a public apology.
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Johnson identifies his most competent cabinet minister and sacks him.
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Julian Smith sacked as Northern Ireland Secretary after 204 days in the role He oversaw talks that led to a deal to restore a power-sharing government at Stormont last month Follow the latest #reshuffle news here:
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Eight weeks since publication day and still no reviews in the Murdoch press, the Telegraph group, or Associated. So I am hugely braced by this generous endorsement from @PeterStefanovi2 , who has done so much to bring Johnson's lies to public attention.
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Peter Stefanovic
3 years
I recommend every UK journalist read @OborneTweets superb book “The Assault On Truth” As Mr Osborne says “I have never encountered a senior British politician who lies & fabricates so regularly, so shamelessly & so systematically as Boris Johnson”
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The British Aerospace share price was 397p at the start of this month. Closed at 507p tonight. The shares were trending up sharply ahead of today's defence spending announcement. Suggestive of insider dealing. Financial Conduct Authority should investigate.
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I have just added Boris Johnson's claim at his press conference today that the Tory Party has a zero tolerance policy towards Islamophobia to my bulging dossier of Mr Johnson's lies.
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Peter Oborne
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The shameful Mail on Sunday story about the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party highlights a congenital problem in British political journalism. This is the use of unnamed Tory "sources" to smear and defame political opponents with outright falsehoods, fabrications and lies.
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Peter Oborne
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As Andrew Feinstein ponders a challenge to Keir Starmer I explain why this brilliant and principled former adviser to Nelson Mandela is exactly what British politics is crying out for. My new column for Middle East Eye:
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Credit where credit is due. The Daily Mail has led where others now follow. The funding of the Downing Street flat, and now Johnson's remarks about Covid, since confirmed by ITN and BBC. Superb investigative journalism.
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This book published a year ago. No reviews by Murdoch press, Associated Newspapers, Express, or Telegraph.
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I thought the prime minister’s address made a lot of sense and he looked sensible and statesmanlike.
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If Liz Truss wants to save her job and (far more important) avoid economic meltdown she should 1.Sack Kwarteng. 2. Disown and reverse last week's announcement 3. Plead with Rishi Sunak to return as Chancellor. 4. Restore Tom Scholar as Permanent Secretary at the Treasury.
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Here is a list of more than 70 occasions when Boris Johnson misled Parliament, and has failed to correct the Hansard record. The list is not complete and we will update over the next few weeks.
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The independent Forde report proves that Jeremy Corbyn was grotesquely misrepresented by a hostile and unfair media. This gives Keir Starmer a chance to remedy a major miscarriage of justice, and unite the Labour Party. My new column for Middle East Eye:
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Six MPs express their “deep concern” that Boris Johnson's habitual dishonesty is damaging the reputation of the House of Commons.
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In an attempt to help Tory MPs mulling their decision, here's a list of seventy times Boris Johnson has lied to or misled parliament as prime minister. On only one of those 70 occasions has he corrected the parliamentary record:
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The prime minister cannot be allowed to carry on avoiding these questions. They concern misuse of public money and abuse of power.
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Owen Gibson
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The PM was asked six times to comment on the plane to New York - and declined each time. By ⁦ @peterwalker99
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A "Senior Tory Source" breaks cover.
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Just Boris Johnson’s press secretary barging into a GMB reporter and then telling him to f*ck off.
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The British government calls it a ‘hate march’ but West Bank Palestinians told me of their gratitude to the marchers in London and elsewhere and how much such expressions of solidarity bring comfort and even hope. I write for Middle East Eye:
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Of course the most important question of all is why prime minister Boris Johnson permits the repeated, systematic use of unnamed Downing Street sources to spread false news and to smear prominent public figures.
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Peter Oborne
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Important question: is Downing Street Director of Communications, Lee Cain, happy with the repeated use of unnamed Downing Street sources to spread false news and also to smear prominent public figures?
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Peter Oborne
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Just got email from ex army Tory friend: "Thank you. My sentiments entirely. I have just cast my tactical vote. Yesterday a die-hard Tory said she was quite happy to destroy the UK if it meant leaving Europe – quite extraordinary."
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Peter Oborne
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I write today in Open Democracy that decent, middle-of-the-road Conservatives have no choice but to oppose Boris Johnson's unremitting war on everything the party has fought to save and protect over the last 200 years:
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This is feeding Dacre to the papers to distract attention from lockdown etc. Read the story carefully. Our friend 'No 10 sources' and our other friend 'Whitehall sources' loom large. Note the application process hasn't been opened for either job. Translation: load of bollocks.
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Eleven weeks since publication and still no review in the Murdoch press, Associated Newspapers or Telegraph Group.
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Andrew Feinstein,former adviser to Nelson Mandela, is authentic, straightforward and principled. This is why he is so dangerous to Keir Starmer, who has none of these qualities. I write for Middle East Eye:
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Diligent work by Al Jazeera has made a serious case that something went wrong with media reporting of the Corbyn era. Its investigation deserves a conscientious response. Instead media omerta. In my new column for Middle East Eye I ask why the silence.
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