{"id":127743,"date":"2021-04-19T16:04:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T16:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=1360463"},"modified":"2021-04-19T16:04:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T16:04:44","slug":"keir-starmer-wont-support-calls-for-an-inquiry-into-boris-johnsons-dishonesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/04\/19\/keir-starmer-wont-support-calls-for-an-inquiry-into-boris-johnsons-dishonesty\/","title":{"rendered":"Keir Starmer won\u2019t support calls for an inquiry into Boris Johnson\u2019s dishonesty"},"content":{"rendered":"
Keir Starmer declined to sign a letter<\/a> from six opposition parties calling for an inquiry into the prime minister’s “consistent failure to be honest”.<\/p>\n The letter, signed by the Lib Dems, Greens, Plaid Cymru, SNP, SDLP and Alliance, accuses Boris Johnson of misleading parliament during debate. It subsequently asks the speaker of the house to allow a vote into holding an inquiry into the accusations.<\/p>\n The parties specify several false claims the prime minister has made in parliament, including:<\/p>\n The six signatories of the letter are Caroline Lucas (Green), Ed Davey (Lib Dem), Ian Blackford (SNP), Liz Saville-Roberts (Plaid Cymru), Colum Eastwood (SDLP), and Stephen Farry (Alliance).<\/p>\n The party leaders wrote:<\/p>\n This is not a question of occasional inaccuracies or a misleading use of figures: it is a consistent failure to be honest with the facts, or to correct wrong information at the earliest opportunity when misleading information is given. This, we believe, amounts to a contempt of the house.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Many people expressed their frustration at the leader of the largest opposition party being absent from the letter.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Why on earth has Keir Starmer not signed? The letter is utterly reasonable. Since he is the leader of a major party and a QC, it beggars belief that he is unwilling to associate himself with a legitimate quest for the truth. What is his agenda?<\/p>\n — Stephen Lupton #FBPE (@stephenlup) April 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
The letter<\/h5>\n
Labour absence<\/h5>\n
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