Boris Johnson to go on trial over lying during Brexit Campaign
 

Lock him up!!

Isn't that your new PM? :hehe:

Imagine how surprised we are

[QUOTE=Niamh.;10566310]Isn't that your new PM? :hehe:[/QUOTE
There are 11 possibles now, I can't see Boris becoming PM, I think there is some sort of campaign to stop him, why else are there so many applicants :laugh:

I'de like Rory Stewart to come out on top. Boris has been somewhat of a turncoat.

Somewhat.

He's the most educated idiot I've ever seen.

He would be my choice. I think its best though, if he steps back and alllows someone else the year or so it will take to hopefully sort brexit, THEN steps up when they immediately resign/are chucked because it wasnt all unicorns and rainbows..which if course it won't be, he would do much better. But this leader, same as May, is just there to allow whoever the next leader is to wipe their hands of it all..could say 'well I would have done this instead' and obviously..noone knows really and its easy to say in hindsight.

As for this lies thing, surely theres many more than just Boris. Not that seeing him punished for being a tit wouldn't please me somewhat mind :D

More court time wsted over sour grapes


:rolleyes:


let me make a wild prediction, nowt will happen

Yes he could be.


Its just a visit to a Court
he will have a statement to say.

https://news.sky.com/story/boris-joh...nduct-11730747

#WeStandWithBoJo

When you reach the top jealous people will always try and bring you down, human nature

witness the attacks on our Nigel

Explains why so many people have been coming for me recently too I guess!

I did not say it was the only reason


:fan:

The fact that it's happening at all (and will likely be ongoing when the next PM is selected) severely reduces the likelihood of him becoming PM. Which isn't really "nowt".

This is a Northern Businessman
taking Boris to Court
he raised cash for this.


Boris has called it a Political stunt,
Expected to go to Crown Court.

Its Boris, its just more publicity the other 10 cannot buy

They're not going to let someone with an active court case against them for dishonesty be sworn in as PM. We're not that far down the rabbit hole yet.

its not quite as simple as that

I donated to this :hee:

A growing number seem to like him on here Kazanne.

Including myself.
I admired Rory before he was an MP but for me he is a breath of really good fresh air in politics.

It would surprise me if this case with Johnson really goes anywhere.
As has been said he wasn't the only one lying, on both sides.

im hearing Rory hasnt got a cat in hells chance so I expect he will be the next PM

sounds cool

#istandwithracheljo

Tea!!

So he basically says he's 100% going for No Deal if he gets in, seems to be "the" front-runner and then all of a sudden he's going on trial for something that happened three years ago which could seriously harm his chances of becoming PM... Coincidence I think not! Corruption is very real folks. :skull:

[& I don't want him to be PM but this is so obvious what's happening].

That case was in the pipeline since the referendum and went to court months before May resigned

I imagine bringing the judge tea and biscuits won't help much

Yes I can recall Ts
you Jumped onto his Crowd Funding
he was busy on the 10AM LBC Live show.

Hopefully this will destroy his chances of becoming PM, he's a dangerous moron.

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cp...8486_metro.jpg

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cp...ailymirror.jpg

...it feels as if the timing of it is to specifically destroy his chances I would guess..?...

Yes I think its very timely, that and the 11 bods who have come out of the woodwork to throw their hat in the ring when no one wanted the job 2 years ago :laugh:

A leading Human Rights Barrister writes:

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/05...9146706168.jpg

and this view sums up this nasty, political, immature move perfectly:

The decision to summons Boris Johnson to a court hearing to explain comments he made during the EU referendum campaign
three years ago is an extraordinary and ill-advised incursion by the judiciary into the political arena. Mr Johnson, the front
runner in the contest to become Conservative Party leader, has been arraigned for “misconduct in public office” over the claim
that £350 million was sent by the UK each week to the EU. At the time, Mr Johnson was both an MP and Mayor of London, and
it is in these capacities that he is said to have broken the law.

The case was brought not by the police but through a private prosecution mounted by a Remain campaigner, Marcus Ball.
It is so evidently a political stunt intended to damage Mr Johnson’s leadership ambitions that it should have been dismissed.
But district judge Margot Coleman has ruled that there is a prima facie case to answer and Mr Johnson has been summonsed
to a hearing in the middle of the leadership election.


The offence of misconduct in a public office carries a maximum sentence of life and is triable only in a Crown Court on indictment.
The Court of Appeal has made it clear that the offence should be strictly confined because it can raise complex and sensitive issues.
Guidelines from the Crown Prosecution Service state that advice should be sought “to resolve any uncertainty as to whether it would be
appropriate to bring a prosecution for such an offence”.

However, this is not a case brought by the CPS, but by a private individual crowd-funded by internet donations amounting to £400,000.
It seems clear that this case does not pass the test for a criminal prosecution, otherwise why has it not been taken up by the CPS?

In her ruling, District Judge Coleman states that “as this is an unusual and exceptional application with a considerable public interest...
the principles of open justice required that the application be in open court.” But the point here, surely, is that this is not a crime but

It is not for the courts to impede free speech in this way. Furthermore, this is manifestly a vexatious misuse of the justice system
because the litigant must know the case will not succeed but relies on the process itself to inflict damage. This is a threat to democracy
and a higher court needs to strike the case down urgently.


Source: Telegraph

if he is found guilty, it will set a very interesting precedent. It's a standard that I think all MP's should be held to. I'm all for more truthful debate.

It will rightly be thrown out and perhaps that district judge will find herself doing less work..

While I don't want him as PM, I thought the bus thing was "just a suggestion, not a promise" so he'd be in the clear?

If you have a cursory look at what George Osborne "promised" then its rather difficult to take this whole thing seriously:joker:

Oh dear...
 

How Boris Johnson's accuser over Brexit spent donations on self-defence classes and special cupcakes

Only three years ago, then aged 26, he was a failed entrepreneur with a string of wound-up businesses to his name, living at home in Norwich with his family.


A source close to Boris Johnson said: "The claimant asserts that he is not motivated by politics. This is a blatant lie."

It was less than a year after founding the campaign, according to the accounts, that Mr Ball first dipped into the funds, loaning himself £1,000. Soon afterwards he informed his supporters that even more money was needed.

According to Brexit Justice’s accounts, published openly on their website, increasing amounts of money were taken out to pay for Mr Ball’s new life in London. Over the past 27 months, it emerges, he has spent more than £50,000.


Expenses include more than £6,000 to pay for the rent on a London apartment in a luxury tower block near Canary Wharf, a far cry from his parents’ home in Norwich.

“I chose a building which had security staff, security cameras outside and inside, as well as fitness facilities on site,” he explains in a note to his supporters.

“Some people may criticise me for spending so much on rent, but I don't regret this decision.”

Other payments from the fund include £120 on professional headshots of Mr Ball, as well as £333 on “self defence classes”.

“By protecting myself I protect our work,” Mr Ball explains.

He also spent £504 of campaign money on his personal mobile phone bill, as well as £120 on “two dozen cupcakes” branded with the Brexit Justice logo.




https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...housands-self/