{"id":355399,"date":"2018-04-05T19:47:54","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T18:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/boris-ignores-his-pants-on-fire\/"},"modified":"2018-04-05T19:47:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T18:47:54","slug":"boris-ignores-his-pants-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/boris-ignores-his-pants-on-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Ignores His Pants on Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                            \t<!-- S3 Cache --><!-- S3:S3:Non-Original -->\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>UK Foreign Secretary has now been called out by Russian officials, British politicians and thousands of social media users on his misleading claim on the origin of the Novichok nerve agent in Sergei Skripal\u2019s poisoning. Boris Johnson, however, doesn\u2019t seem to mind. The best defense is a good offense \u2013 seems to be his thinking.<\/p>\n<p>The leader of\u00a0the Labour Party has on\u00a0March 4 reminded the British public in\u00a0a televised interview that Boris Johnson has \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CZgGujo2h3A\" rel=\"nofollow\">claimed on\u00a0German television<\/a>\u00a0that this was a Russian produced nerve agent, and Porton Down then examined it and said all they could identify was as\u00a0Novichok, they couldn\u2019t say where it came from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CZgGujo2h3A\" width=\"600\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Foreign Office then issued a tweet in\u00a0support of\u00a0what the Foreign Secretary said, and then removed that yesterday after\u00a0Porton Down had said they couldn\u2019t identify the source of\u00a0it,\u201d Mr. Corbyn said.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian embassy in\u00a0the UK has questioned the motives behind\u00a0Foreign Office\u2019s action, reproducing a screenshot of\u00a0the deleted tweet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Why would <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foreignoffice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@foreignoffice<\/a> delete this tweet from 22 March? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nvu1BfJw9J\">pic.twitter.com\/Nvu1BfJw9J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Russian Embassy, UK (@RussianEmbassy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RussianEmbassy\/status\/981495510753300486?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FCO tweet deleted. Porton Down do not say \u2018produced in Russia\u2019. Assume Foreign Secretary wishes his interview with same claims could also be deleted. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lDioScLzz8\">https:\/\/t.co\/lDioScLzz8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Diane Abbott (@HackneyAbbott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HackneyAbbott\/status\/981495298433445889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s claims and the UK Foreign Office\u2019s actions have caused a massive row on\u00a0social media, with\u00a0users dismayed by\u00a0how the UK PM Theresa May and her cabinet, especially Boris Johnson, dealt with\u00a0the Skripal poisoning case. Hashtags #BorisMustGo and #TakeMayToo appeared on\u00a0users\u2019 posts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It is lamentable that Jeremy Corbyn is now playing Russia\u2019s game&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/2018\/04\/no_author\/boris-ignores-his-pants-on-fire-strikes-back-but-ends-up-in-twitter-chokehold\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK Foreign Secretary has now been called out by Russian officials, British politicians and thousands of social media users on his misleading claim on the origin of the Novichok nerve agent in Sergei Skripal\u2019s poisoning. Boris Johnson, however, doesn\u2019t seem to mind. The best defense is a good offense \u2013 seems to be his thinking. 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