Boris Johnson accepts he misled parliament over partygate - but says his statements were 'in good faith'

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BREAKING: Boris Johnson has said he accepts he misled parliament over partygate but insists his statements were 'in good faith'

For many MPs, the picture painted by Ms Gray's report came in stark contrast to the previous assurances Mr Johnson had given about there being no rule-breaking in Downing Street.

He said"there is no evidence at all that supports an allegation that I intentionally or recklessly misled the House". The first instance was when Mr Johnson told MPs in December 2021 that no rules or guidance had been broken - when subsequent investigations by Ms Gray and the Met Police found otherwise.

However, these assurances only applied to one event on 18 December 2020 and not to compliance with the rules and guidance more generally.

 

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Politicians always have an excuse, nothing will happen...they are all dishonest!!!

So then he lied couldn't see it better if I tried x

Boris is lying yet again. “In good faith”, BLATANT LIES!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Christ the man was running the country!!!!🤦‍♀️

Watch his nose grow today

TBF parliament is misleading the people they are MP's.

BorisJohnson, a liar lying about lying.

The Liar has never done anything in good faith, not even getting married was in good faith.

😂😂😂Boris the Blade 🤪

Cause they were.

Now then, other attendees are still running the show. Do we discuss their duplicitous behaviour or is this the end of the matter?

No he hasn’t, sky news is just manipulating it.

Well Sky news like other media continues this ridiculous WITCH HUNT against Boris and the conservatives.He did a great job in unprecedented times and people need to remember that.

BS until the end.... I am personally grabbing a bag of popcorn and settling down to hopefully see the clown sign his own marching orders during the select committee. 🤡 👋😄🍿

what a nonce

Yeah right. Let's clarify something here: Boris Johnson is an inveterate liar.

Does anyone believe him?

Square that one?

Johnson could not recognise Good Faith even if she slapped him across the chops.

🤣🤣🤣

I lied, in good faith I lied repeatedly, in good faith I prorogued Parliament, in good faith I was fined, Supreme Court found I broke the law, but it was all in good faith I lied again, in good faith Bollocks Boris

put him in the village stocks for a month... 🥚🍆🍐🍊🍌🍉🍇🍈🍑🍍🥝🥑🍏🍎🍋🍓🍒🥭🫐 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Oh please. This man has no moral compass, is a perpetual liar and lacks any economic literacy. Politics is clearly broken and needs reform.

He needs to go to jail for this ...people not allowed to go yo funerals weddings or even see there family ...of he isn't dealt with by jail term ..I will understand our government and police are still corrupt!!! Then I have a voice !!!

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He made the rules. He knew the rules. He broke the rules. All else is bluster. Be strong, Privileges Committee.

Boris really does put the “moron” into “oxymoron”.

I robbed a bank but I did it in good faith coz I wanted money

By-election please!

What does he know about faithfulness

He wouldn't know good faith if he snorted coke off an underage prostitute with it.

Pity Stanley didn't wear a rubber jonny in good faith

Can we all tell lies ‘in good faith’

Says the pm that stood up in front of the TV cameras every night telling us the rules that then became law through his own government didn't understand his own laws! Are we meant to believe he is so thick he didn't understand them?

borisjohnsonshouldbeinjail

He’s lying

Everything he does is a calculated act, its all a BIG stage for the likes of bj. Stop falling for the panto. His worst act was his so called near death by covid experience, what a load of shite.

Let’s just throw him out of politics altogether. It would be a great day for everyone !

So, in his world, misleading parliament is acceptable because it's in good faith. He has never been fit to hold public office, but the tories made him mayor of London, Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister.

If he gets away with this tripe, our judicial system fails .Every criminal ( for that is what he is) will claim they acted in good faith . Its utter rubbish and we all know it is!

FFS here we go. Really? From “I did attend parties, but I didn’t know they were parties” to “I did mislead Parliament, but I didn’t mean to mislead Parliament”? So he’s a liar pretending to be a f*ing vegetable. Either way he has no place as an MP. Throw the book at him.

BJ wouldn’t know “good faith” if it hit him square in the face!

I’d still have him back at the helm…

This carries the unmistakeable whiff of BULLSHIT!

I prefer to read and talk about all the PPE monies which was stolen from us. Any day now...

I lied but feel bad I got caught. Not the greatest defense strategy.

So Johnson lied again, but he says it is in good faith. How can this be, when they were having parties and family members were dying on our own, how can this be seen as good faith? Let's be honest he lied to save his own skin and nothing more

So what !! Boris is ok

Liar.

That does not make sense tf

Quite the oxyMORON

Bollox. Like Trump saying he didn't influence the insurrection

He’s a vile corrupt cheating lying criminal

Embarrassing

What is the difference between a 'LIE' & ' MIS-LED' 🤷‍♂️

You can’t mislead in goid faith.

Should’ve stopped at partygate with that tweet.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

So can I now use “ignorance” as an excuse next time I get a speeding ticket. I’m sure the magistrate will understand!!

Ha.

‘Pathological liar lies again’

He’s a born liar

Poor Boris. We know you are not good vaccines seller. They want to punish you.

More lies, just can't help himself. Kick the bastard out of parliament

Lord of the Manor blames the (Civil) servants....again

Sort of like when people say... I'm not a racist... but...

A likely story!

And now , there will be No punishment at all . Norm of British society , rich and the powerful get away with it .

Good faith?

Conservatives BorisJohnson Jacob_Rees_Mogg so as PM Boris had no idea what he was doing when you misled the house, the people and our late Queen!

SEND HIM TO PRISON FOR LIFE

Lying in good faith Hmmmm, that's a good one 👍

How can you mislead someone in good faith.

Try using 'I didn't know it was illegal defence' in any court and see if it works. IgnoranceisNotInnocence

No-one believed the statements he made were in good faith at the time least of all him.. check the HoC reaction to his speech - full of laughter one side and stunned silence on the other

Oh please, he told parliament he wasn't even at one of the parties then pictures of him at that party came out. That's not accidental or unknowingly, that's out and out lying.

BogOffBoris JogOnJohnson LiarJohnson

BogOffBoris JogOnJohnson LiarJohnson

He has been sacked from every job he's ever held for lying. This idea that he lied 'in good faith' is a total joke.

So he has finally admitted to have misled in the dispatch box. That's an immediate sackable offence. 'In good faith' for who? for himself!!!

Yes I am a liar but I am a “good”one !...

Lied to parliament!! What about us!! This just shows how mps think the public are beneath them and treat us like 2nd class citizens..

Is there 2 Ls in bollocks

We can mislead people in good faith?

We knew this but a few MO tried to deny it and it’s such a sad state of affairs

Ah the BBC smokescreen. Putting up a smokescreen since 1922

Denial does not work. We are not an ostrich.

Good faith 🤣this bar steward only show good faith when he lies,which seems quite a lot

Boris Johnson cannot be trusted to tell the truth. He wrote the rules, he should have known what was in them.

Rubbish He bonkers

Whose good faith? His own?

This is the best they could come up with after all this time?!

So he 'misled' parliament ie; Lied... in good faith. OK....

So he's guilty and admits it 🧐 No Ifs or Buts in a court of law I was told

One of the Biggest Deceivers around .. then you get the same from all the MPs they all bent as each other .. 🤬💩

Sign sign sign share share share this needs to change its so unfair!

He just cant stop telling lies

If you truly are apologetic, there are no 'buts' So rest assured he isn't apologising at all.

What a Kunt! 🤮

uk's trump🤡

1. Rule of law states that no one, not even the PM, is exempt from the law. 2. It is well established that ignorance of the law is not an acceptable defense. For the sake of everyone who's loved ones died alone thanks to Johnson's own laws, he should be held accountable.

He is lying about good faith as well. Strip him of his pm pension and his mp office immediately

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So he’s admitted he’s lied about lying?

I lied but I didn’t mean to

And not a thing will be done about it. As per. The government cannot be trusted. They serve themselves.

wow arrest him throw him in jail

Surely if the statements really were 'made in good faith' then that good faith should have impelled him to return to the Commons to correct the statements at the earliest opportunity. This defence won't wash.

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Being honest I don’t give a fuck about party gate.

So he admits he lied but it was all in good faith 😆

He's a liar he's disgusting a joke an embarrassment to this country and if he's not prevented from ever being a politician again we will be seen as politically corrupt and morally bankrupt by the rest of the world .

Guilty!

Misleading in good faith is still misleading.

So while women were being arrested for walking alone with a coffee in the countryside he did not think his staff drinking, eating, dancing & God knows what else was breaking the rules he went on TV to state He told us what to do, how can he say he didn’t understand it? Utter BS

You accept that he lied.

Poor Boris....always getting picked on

An admission of being stupid at the very least. The man is a pathological liar and should be sacked and banned from politics for life.

I for one won’t be passing judgement until the intellectual heavyweight ScottBentonMP makes a comment on this… I always find he has a balanced rational take on societal issues like this! I’m sure it’ll be those lefty lawyers to blame for everything! 🙄🙄🙄

He lied in good faith. Someone, please explain that to me.

His interpretation of ‘good faith’ and everyone else’s will differ

TheJohnsonLegacy BrokenToryBritain

As usual Johnson just blames everyone else. He was the one signing off the rules!

So he admits he's gulity but blames someone else for making him do it. He'll get away with it won't he? Why have we paid almost £250,000 to defend him. It's just the usual load of nonsense!!

Is that all £250,000 of the best legal aid UK taxpayers can give I demand better from U.K. govt support for our lying politicians!! Oh well, I'll get over it once he's lost his seat 🤣🤣

He is totally incapable of the truth and even his own party knows that! He should never be allowed near government again! johnsonliedpeopledied ToriesUnfitToGovern ToriesDevoidOfShame

‘In good faith‘ if said by an upper class person means that the judge will let them off. It’s a special code. ShelaghFogarty LBC

'I accidentally lied'

He made the laws - so how could he claim he didn’t know. It’s not even an attempt at a defence. GUILTY

He even lied in his explanation.

Knowing he was going into HofC to answer such questions on HIS OWN LOCKDOWN REGULATIONS. Anybody would AT LEAST double check that he is about to make truthful statements.

So why has he never stood up in parliament and corrected the record as the rule on unknowingly misleading the house dictates he should?

Tony Blair got knighted in the end after his lies.

Therefore if the bulbous pss-taking waster Boris Johnson has admitted to lying to Parliament about illegally partying while thousands died then why the fck hasn't he resigned from his seat? ONCE AGAIN he's taking the nation for fools. JohnsonLiedWhilePeopleDied

Oh BorisJohnson you must think we’re all fools? You’re too funny! 🤭 You got some things right, but you can’t be trusted and love power & money too much - rules not so much, eh? Conservatives have made a mess on so many levels. Enough is enough. Your time is up; hopefully!

/1. Storm in a tea-cup! The so-called parties were not raves where they? They were drink-ups at the office with people he worked closely with. BorisJohnson broke the rules & paid the fine. What else is there to it? 🤔 It is a witchhunt.

AWumman More guilty but in ‘a very specific & limited way’ nonsense! 🙄

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 sorry I lied but didn’t mean to!

Who had ' it was somebody else's fault ' in the raffle ?

So is the witch hunt going to stop now, I do hope so, or do you want to cancel him some more?

Oh I mislead Parliament all in good faith! Unbelievable

Where is there any good faith. If he had any good faith he would have owned up from day one. He must be removed from parliament for life.

If he agrees he’s mislead parliament he should also agree he’s incompetent & should never have been in the position of PM because he didn’t understand his own laws!

Wait....... is talking about misleading the public ? Something you & other Mainstream Media outlets wouldn't dare do......right, you've been doing that same BS for years

Aye right…

Got bugger all to do with partygate. The politicians know it, the media know it and the public know it. Just another leftie attempt to bring down their opposition. No doubt partygate media boy Brand will be wetting himself with excitement.

He does what every politician does LIES.

In summary. He lied in good faith. Did he mislead the nation in good faith over Brexit too ?

Sacked for lying, again, he wouldn’t know what “ good Faith” is. Chuck him out!

Which faith is that exactly? The Church of narcissists and liars?

Finally something approaching honesty. 🥰🥰🥰

And water is wet

ignorance is no defense. 'I didn't know I was speeding, your honour'.

In other words, despite his own direct experience, from which he must have know rules were broken, Johnson lied 'in good faith'. Johnson took the advice of aides over his direct experience... an attempt at an honest lie? It doesn't stack up, does it JonathanLord? JohnsonTheLiar

Basically lied to save his own skin.

Good faith ? The man is a serial liar !!!

So he went with the 'I'm a complete idiot' defence then

How can misleading the house be in good faith they can’t

He lied.

Yeh right Boris ! LOL

Cue all the spin doctors who try to devalue the following: He gave false information He redirected focus away from the truth He accepts that he “misled” Ergo: he deceptively told lies to protect himself and he’s been caught out He and Matt Hancock both need to go to jail

1) he can't deny he mislead , as he was fined for breaking the rules 2) But he says the statement were in good faith... Could he say anything else?

He was misquoted.... he said 'my statements were made in hope you'd all just forget and believe my lies. I honestly thought you were all stupid' He then blew a raspberry and quoted some Latin gibberish while flailing his arms above his head.

LOL

‘In good faith’ 😂😂😂

Even the definitions are adjusted for politicians. When does a lie become misleading?

Boris Johnson pleads guilty and then says he's not guilty. There, fixed it for you.

Make him pay back all the money its cost for his defence

Off with his head!!!

There you are Boris, make sure you pass it around to the rest of the clowns in there, when you're done with it

Then he should have corrected the record

Oh good at least he only admits he misled them. Lets all move on 🤨

Lied that’s the word

He was caught bang to rights what other move did he have to play other than accept and deflect?

So BorisJohnson is saying he needed someone to provide him a document stating whether or not each party broke lockdown rules and, as he didn't receive these, he is blameless. Yet he expected ALL OF US to follow guidance issued by HIS government. Why did he need extra guidance?

So that’s what he says for all the other lies? eg. there will be NO border between GB & NI. He couldn’t guarantee that & the Government signed the EU trade deal which exactly did that. Just to say oven ready f***ing chicken & wave a piece of paper like Chamberlain 🙄

He'll get off Scot free.

Good faith? Ok pal.

Hahahahahaha What every convict currently jailed would say. An absolute shambles 🤢

'My lies were a lie but my lies about the lies were not a lie.' Well at least thats sorted.

I was going to type HAHA a million times.....

... 🙊🙈🙉 I'm not sure if you realise yet, but at 11:46 whomever was reading the statements from Mr Johnson, wrongly reported what was said, thus, I feel, misleading folk; by leaving out an important 'Not' from the sentence (marked 100. ..) Thus giving an opposite account 💔 😶

I'll try that if I ever get a parking ticket 🙃 'I parked here in good faith, and I'd not be breaking civil law in not displaying a ticket'

Good faith doing a lot of heavy lifting here....

And as usual he blames somebody else - it’s never ever him who is at fault!! A shocking individual with totally no moral backbone!! 😡😡

Of course they were now jail him in good faith

Boris will bumble on and lie through his teeth to the end. Rotten to the core and will blame anything but himself.

A lie is a lie is a lie.

Enough said.

Even in his statement he goes on lying 🤥

Liar

He was running the Country well through insanely difficult times, that's paramountly more important than Nonsensegate..

End take his whip and remove from parliment

So much for the devastating new information in the 'dossier'. Is that the best the bloviating bag of custard can do with all of those taxpayer £s?

I assume when he realised he had misled parliament he went and corrected his statements as quickly as he could... Oh wait.

In good faith but constantly shifting to suit his current predicament. So he lied in good faith?

End of then..

Bullshit, as always

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