Johnson repeated the claim that leaving the EU would save £350m/week in contributions even after the ONS told him it was “a clear misuse of official statistics”. Full Fact
The Department for Work and Pensions has spent £100s of millions of public money disseminating misinformation about Universal Credit for Tory political advantage. The Guardian
During the leaders’ TV debate, the Tory press Twitter account (@CCHQPress) rebranded as factcheckUK in order to dupe people into thinking their partisan commentary was impartial. BBC News
Johnson plotted to have a journalist beaten up. The Guardian
Johnson has publicly objectified women and referred to gay men as ‘bumboys’, Africans as ‘piccaninnies’ with ‘watermelon smiles’ and muslim women as ‘letter boxes’ and ‘bank robbers’. Business Insider
Johnson (unelected and junior) unlawfully prorogued Parliament (democratically elected and senior) to try to stop it holding him to account. BBC News
Gove and Johnson’s Vote Leave campaign illegally overspent during the 2016 referendum. The Guardian