Boris Johnson, the front runner to become Britain's next prime minister, must attend court over allegations that he lied to the public during the Brexit referendum campaign, a judge announced on May 29. Photo: AFP Boris Johnson, the front runner to become Britain's next prime minister, must attend court over allegations that he lied to the public during the Brexit referendum campaign, a judge announced on May 29. Photo: AFP
Boris Johnson, the front runner to become Britain's next prime minister, must attend court over allegations that he lied to the public during the Brexit referendum campaign, a judge announced on May 29. Photo: AFP
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From Boris Johnson to Donald Trump, leaders who habitually lie win votes by giving people the lies they want

  • The rising political fortunes of Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson – not to mention the US president, all of whom are no stranger to misleading voters – can only be understood as a product of our times

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Updated: 7:59am, 1 Jun, 2019

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Boris Johnson, the front runner to become Britain's next prime minister, must attend court over allegations that he lied to the public during the Brexit referendum campaign, a judge announced on May 29. Photo: AFP Boris Johnson, the front runner to become Britain's next prime minister, must attend court over allegations that he lied to the public during the Brexit referendum campaign, a judge announced on May 29. Photo: AFP
Boris Johnson, the front runner to become Britain's next prime minister, must attend court over allegations that he lied to the public during the Brexit referendum campaign, a judge announced on May 29. Photo: AFP
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Paul Letters is a novelist, journalist and historian.