Boris Johnson said he won’t sell the NHS, so everyone thinks he’ll sell the NHS – the only 4 reactions you need

Perhaps uniquely amongst prime ministers, at least during their term of office, news outlets can state that Boris Johnson is a liar without fear of causing their legal teams to have cardiac arrests. This is because he has been sacked from one job for fabricating quotes from his own godfather, admitted to spending years in another job making up stories about the EU, and has now been found to have misled the Queen over the little prorogation that couldn’t.

It’s therefore fairly reasonable for people to be somewhat sceptical about his political pronouncements, such as this one quoted by that bastion of honesty and reason, Iain Duncan Smith.

Prime Minister @BorisJohnson has made it very clear that the NHS is not for sale. https://t.co/7txeIl2blv

— Iain Duncan Smith MP (@MPIainDS) October 21, 2019

It won’t have filled anyone with confidence that the Conservative Party was saying the same thing.

🔎 THE FACTS: Prime Minister @BorisJohnson has repeatedly made it clear that the NHS is not for sale – under no circumstances would we we agree to any free trade deal that puts the NHS on the table.#GetBrexitDone
RT this 👇 pic.twitter.com/AaFUi9Mcve

— Conservatives (@Conservatives) October 21, 2019

These reactions captured the mood perfectly.

1.

He some lad with the fibs, though. I mean, he said I’d never be in the Irish Sea and here I am waiting for a swimming lesson with the goggles, and the stripy costume, and the rubber ring on me, like a big eejit. If I was the NHS I’d be looking over my shoulder, so I would https://t.co/8h1lFwLvge

— The Irish Border (@BorderIrish) October 21, 2019

2.

BREAKING:

Fantasist asks EVERYONE

to trust a SERIAL LIAR

👇👇👇👇👇👇 https://t.co/XDb5YUbQE3

— Ashley Wagstaffe 🔶️ #NotVoting4aJohnson (@charliemale) October 22, 2019

3.

Be afraid. Be very afraid. https://t.co/Gg0juLaKg7

— Dominic Minghella (@DMinghella) October 21, 2019

4.

Boris's promises aren't worth the bus they're written on

— Left Of London (@Left_Of_London) October 21, 2019

Political sketch writer, Tom Peck, boiled it down to this.

Trouble is, no one believes a word you say…

— Tom Peck (@tompeck) October 21, 2019

Source: Twitter Image: Telegraph on YouTube screengrabs, Twitter screengrab

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