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Jul 17, 2019 · The Invention of Boris Johnson: Directed by Toby Paton. With Christiane Amanpour, Sam Booth, David Cameron, Kenneth Clarke. As he competes to become the next Prime Minister, this documentary sifts through Boris Johnson's archived interviews and newspaper columns, to build a compelling picture of the man and his track record, largely in his own words.
- Toby Paton
- 2019-07-17
- Documentary, Biography
- 50
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As he competes to become the next Prime Minister, this documentary sifts through Boris Johnson's archived interviews and newspaper columns, to build a compelling picture of the man and his track ...
The Invention of Boris Johnson “This profile dives into the morass of bigotry and contradiction that is the (likely) incoming prime minister’s archive of interviews and newspaper columns […] to paint a picture of the man; or, perhaps, of a culture in which this sort of man can say whatever he likes”
- Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’S Prison Sentencing
- He Has Been Sacked Twice from His Careers in Journalism and Politics
- He Made Up Stories While Working in Brussels as European Correspondent
In November 2016, Johnson was ill-prepared to comment on the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe — a British-Iranian dual citizen serving a five-year prison sentence in Iran after being arrested for “training citizen journalists”. He confirmed what the authorities had accused her of and said she had “simply teaching people journalism”. Zaghari-Ratcli...
In 1987 he was sacked for making up a quote in The Timesnewspaper. Johnson invented a quote for the article that he falsely claimed came from the historian Colin Lucas, his godfather. In 2004, when his affair with Wyatt came to light and was confirmed, Michael Howard asked Johnson to resign as vice-chairman and shadow arts minister for publicly lyi...
He says when quizzed about his time reporting at the EU: “I think I once said they were going to blow up the Berlin Wall, which didn’t turn out to be quite true.” He was also accused of peddling anti-EU rhetoric in other stories that didn’t exactly have a true relationship with the truth.
The Invention of Boris Johnson. This documentary sifts through Boris Johnson's archive interviews and newspaper columns to build a compelling picture of the man and his track record, largely in ...
