A day after the former UK prime minister Boris “BoJo” Johnson was interrogated  by the UK parliament’s Privileges Committee over whether he had intentionally misled MPs over the Partygate scandal, the host of the audience-participation BBC programme Question Time, Fiona Bruce (renowned for her obsequiousness towards Tories), asked the audience: “Let’s have a show of hands shall we? Who believes Boris Johnson was telling the truth yesterday?”. The cameras turned to the studio audience (said to be handpicked for “balance”), and no one raised their hand. More

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