Lies, damned lies and democracy 

This could be confusing because the description fits more than one world leader. But in fact they are taken from the British media coverage of the Covid-19 inquiry into the sins of omission and commission by Boris Johnson when he was Prime Minister. 

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This could be confusing because the description fits more than one world leader. But in fact they are taken from the British media coverage of the Covid-19 inquiry into the sins of omission and commission by Boris Johnson when he was Prime Minister. 

The writer and academic Rory Stewart, said of Johnson, “He’s probably the best liar we’ve ever had as a prime minister. He knows a hundred different ways to lie.” 

It could apply to another leader too. Former U.S. President Donald Trump is having his own reality check. In a television interview he said that if he came back to power he would be “dictator for a day” and do exactly what he wanted to do, before presumably settling down to lead democratically. 

Trump is redefining democracy. This happens sometimes when your politics is neither right nor left but centred. Around yourself. Democracy in that case is what is “best for me.” It is a form of government that decides just how much he can get away with. 

According to a data base compiled by The Washington Post, Trump made more than 800 inaccurate claims about the election from the time the polls began closing in 2020, to the end of his presidency. 

Perhaps we need to tweak a cliché and talk about lies, damned lies and democracy!