Boris Johnson tried to claim his 'no press here' lie at Whipps Cross Hospital wasn't embarrassing | indy100 | indy100

Barely hot off the heels of using a bunch of police officers to try and improve his image (leading to one of them to pass out), the prime minister yesterday tried to repeat the trick with NHS workers.

While wandering aimlessly around Whipps Cross University Hospital in east London, Boris Johnson was called out by a parent whose 7-day old baby daughter was being treated there.

Quite reasonably, the man pointed out that:

“The NHS has been destroyed ... and now you come here for a press opportunity.”

Instead of trying to defend himself, apologise, or even deflect the question in that classic politician style one would assume they teach at Eton, Johnson's immediate response was to just... lie.

Ignoring the reporters and TV cameras standing right in front of him, he responded indignantly:

"There's no press here!"

Of course, people pointed out the blindingly obvious, but Johnson's denial runs deep and he ostensibly completely failed to see why being caught as an opportunistic liar would be in the least bit embarrassing.

(To be fair, he's probably quite used to it by now...)

I’ve been PM for 57 days, part of my job is to talk to people on the ground and listen to what they tell me about t… https://t.co/X4JijD7FIb
— Boris Johnson (@Boris Johnson) 1568837412

Needless to say, no one agreed with his assessment:

You should feel totally embarrassed, ashamed and appalled after listening to the real impact of Tory austerity on o… https://t.co/CN7yEbc5Au
— Jo Platt (@Jo Platt) 1568840408

No, It wasn't an embarrassment. It was an absolute disgrace. You blatantly, without any shame whatsoever, lied to a… https://t.co/PuyaYW9JGr
— Gabriel (@Gabriel) 1568839218

@BorisJohnson You said the press wasn’t there. Have you apologised for this lie? You said we’d spend £350m a wee… https://t.co/ciZxi5224J
— Rachael Swindon (@Rachael Swindon) 1568842567

@BorisJohnson The only person that guy embarrassed, was himself. 57 days in office, and expected to work miracles?… https://t.co/AQMtQSj7JW
— Robert Durrant74 (@Robert Durrant74) 1568837653

It was an embarrassment because you lied about there being no press there while surrounded by TV news cameras. https://t.co/TK8CzVbqZW
— David Lammy (@David Lammy) 1568838505

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