Latest news, fact checks, commentary and analysis about Boris Johnson, the former UK Prime Minister, leader of the Conservative Party and MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
Education
Boris Johnson was wrong to say that 97% of primary schools which report data had kids coming back. The figure on the day he was speaking was 69%. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Mr Starmer said 600,000 more children are in poverty than in 2012, which is correct according to government data on children in low income households. Read
Health
When talking about monitoring Covid-19, Boris Johnson referred to detecting it in the water supply when he meant to say wastewater. Read
Both are registered nurses working at St Thomas’s hospital. Read
The claims first appeared in the Dorset Eye and now say they may be satire, but some people seem to have believed them. Read
Health
Claims the Prime Minister said the country should take the new coronavirus “on the chin” and allow it to spread through the population have been taken out of context. Read
In a 1995 Spectator article, Boris Johnson wrote that ”blue collar” men are likely to be drunk, criminal, aimless, feckless and hopeless. Read
Some pensioners will lose £70 a week under reforms set out in 2007 Pensions Act. Read
Environment
Mr Johnson did not say that climate change in general is a primitive fear without foundation, but has expressed views sceptical of the scale of the human impact on the climate. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
While comparing economic growth to carbon emissions, Mr Johnson claimed the economy has grown 73% under this government. It has grown by around 20%. Read
