Boris Johnson accused Andy Burnham of lying about Russia’s possible interference in Brexit, and people’s irony meters didn’t just break – they exploded

Quite something for the only PM ever to have to resign because his own MPs concluded they couldn’t believe a word he said to accuse the current PM of lying. Naturally the claim that Burnham talked of “successful” interference is entirely made up https://t.co/5bZapl0ATD

— Simon Nixon (@Simon_Nixon) October 12, 2026

Nobody believes a word Boris Johnson says anymore. https://t.co/UepkL8abxd

— Socialist Opera Singer (@OperaSocialist) October 12, 2026

Priapic shyster who lost every job he ever had for being an inveterate liar says what? https://t.co/oZpHzzO3Vz

— Lord Monsieur Prepuce 🕯🇬🇧🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 (@MPrepuce) October 12, 2026

I’ll park this one here. https://t.co/YTdurTbNMW pic.twitter.com/Nwf7D1M4ss

— LozzatheAngel 535 (@Angelsfeartogo) October 12, 2026

What Boris Johnson is doing here is finding a way to grossly mislead us all without telling a direct lie. Let me explain how…

The 2020 Intelligence and Security Committee report found that the government had "failed to adequately investigate potential Russian interference in… https://t.co/winXTPngiq

— Sam (@SamCKx) October 12, 2026

🚨 Boris Johnson also told Parliament there was no party and that all the rules had been followed.

We later learned that wasn’t a reliable account of events.

So ‘Boris said he was told there was no Russian interference’ is not the end of the evidential question. https://t.co/kQ5fXX7nmL

— Liz Webster (@LizWebsterSBF) October 12, 2026

Da! pic.twitter.com/0qXW36XRH6

— Colin the Dachshund (@DachshundColin) October 12, 2026

Sure. We believe you.https://t.co/LMwM3w5uiP

— Simon 🤍 (@scsimoncrow) October 12, 2026