Johnson may be most untruthful PM of all time, says Sir Ed Davey
The UK is on “the brink of having the most untrustworthy Prime Minister of all time”, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey said.
Sir Ed criticised Boris Johnson’s response to the London terror attack on Friday and called on him to apologise for “misleading people” over the law regarding early release.
He also warned Mr Johnson that he “shouldn’t be trying to make political capital out of a tragedy”.
Sir Ed said: “I’ve been a bit alarmed though about how theprimeministerborisjohnson has responded.
“He seems to be politicising this at a time when we really should be thinking about the families.
“But, worse still, he’s misleading people about what the current law is. He’s trying to say that there is early release now, but actually that was got rid of in 2012.”
Sir Ed accused Mr Johnson of misleading the public by saying that criminals get automatic early release after serving half of their term.
He added: “I’m afraid the Prime Minister was misleading people again on television last night, he said ... the current law is that people get early release after 50 per cent of the term – that’s not true.
“Either he’s incompetent and doesn’t know the law, or he’s deliberately misleading people when we’ve got a tragedy on our hands, and I’m afraid, either way, it does not look good for the Prime Minister and he should be apologising.”