Boris Johnson Swears He's Telling the Truth
The News Agents
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4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Boris Johnson told the parliamentary inquiry that he HAD misled parliament, but he hadn't meant to.
His repeated defence was that he hadn't been advised what he was saying might be wrong (he had). And that other people hadn't told him that rules might have been broken (they had). He insisted that the leaving parties he'd attended had been essential work and berated Downing Street itself for having too many corridors to make parties safer.
Sir Bernard Jenkin led the charge asking what he would have told a press conference if the rest of the country had wanted to hold leaving parties too. Now the committee goes away to consider its findings and its verdict. We dissect the afternoon and that Stormont Brake vote that briefly interrupted proceedings.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.1 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:13.2 | For a man whose relationship with the truth has been strained and very well documented, |
| 0:23.5 | this was quite a moment when the committee clerk held a copy of the King James Bible and Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister, put his hand |
| 0:31.2 | on it. |
| 0:32.2 | He was going to take the Bible and read out the terms of the oath. |
| 0:36.9 | Yes, I swear by Almighty God that the evidence I shall give |
| 0:40.1 | for this committee should be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. |
| 0:44.4 | So help me God. |
| 0:45.7 | Thank you very much. |
| 0:47.5 | There are critics who will tell you that everything Boris Johnson touches turns toxic. |
| 0:54.7 | So right now, imagine Christians everywhere, |
| 0:58.1 | slightly alarmed by the proximity of that King James Bible to Boris Johnson's hand. |
| 1:04.7 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:09.9 | The News Agents |
| 1:11.0 | It's John |
| 1:13.0 | It's Emily |
| 1:13.6 | And it's Lewis |
| 1:14.2 | And we are in the studio |
| 1:16.7 | Because the House of Commons is taking a break |
| 1:18.8 | From the Privileges Committee hearing |
| 1:20.8 | Into whether Boris Johnson |
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