Marcus J Ball (Investigative Private Prosecutor)
@MarcusJBall
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Prosecuted @BorisJohnson in attempt to prove that lying in politics is illegal. Producing documentary film about lying in politics. Opeds: @MetroUK
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Our new documentary film about lying in politics isn't even finished yet but they're already attacking it on the front page of the Mail on Sunday.
Well done
@BorisJohnson
this was the most effective way of letting me know that you're terrified.
Want to help me uncover the worst…
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GLOBAL EXCLUSIVE: Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled the public about the severity of his Covid-19 condition.
Now that we have all had a chance to process
#Partygate
it is time to reveal what I'm calling
#Deathgate
.
A multimedia THREAD from Stop Lying In Politics Ltd:
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Disgusted by
@BorisJohnson
’s changes to the Ministerial Code?
A lot of people ask me why I prosecuted Johnson for misconduct in public office in 2019, a criminal offence with a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
I’ll tell you why:
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EXCLUSIVE: Last year I tweeted my story that
@BorisJohnson
had faked nearly dying of Covid-19, otherwise known as the
#Deathgate
scandal.
But now, after a 3 year investigation, we have discovered it was MUCH WORSE than that.
A multimedia THREAD from Stop Lying In Politics.
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I have sent an FOI request to St Thomas’s NHS Trust requesting confirmation/proof that
@BorisJohnson
wasn’t lying about being admitted there or the severity of his condition.
The PR timing is just too perfect. I fear that he may be dodging responsibility by becoming a victim.
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I’d like to thank the Mail on Sunday for generously becoming our unofficial Crowdfunding sponsor today.
We have raised £13,000 ish
Hit our stretch target
Have thousands of new supporters
Hundreds of thousands of hits
Almost zero hate
The film’s first front page story
And…the…
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I knew that our new documentary film about lying in politics was going to get global coverage when it came out....but not front page coverage before it was even finished.
Powerful people are already scared of this film. Why? It's because we know something that could destroy…
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This is not over.
Awaiting written reasons from the court before we decide on next steps.
Nothing this important is ever easy or simple.
I have a duty to my country to keep fighting lying in politics and I take it bloody seriously.
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Today, after over two and a half years of hard work, we have finally taken our crowdfunded private prosecution case against Mr
@BorisJohnson
MP to Westminster Magistrates Court.
#ProsecuteBoris
#InnocentUnlessProvenGuilty
#RespectTheCourtProcess
Retweet this...obviously.
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"....this disease almost killed me..."
No, it didn't.
We have the evidence and we're exposing this lie for all to see in detail in our documentary film. He played 70 million people.
The
#BorisJohnsonphone
issue may be related to this, let's see.
Crowdfund us now, we need you…
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What really happened when Boris Johnson "nearly died" of Covid-19, in 2020?
We've found out.
After an immense effort over 3 years, following a unique investigation, we have discovered the truth. We're exposing it all in the full detail it deserves in a long format, explosive,…
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I’ve got some damn good news.
Feeling very positive. Our prosecution case against
@BorisJohnson
is not over.
#BallVJohnson
’s next stage will be announced in the coming weeks.
We know what we’re doing next. But I’m going to need a lot of public support.
Who’s with me?
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Releasing something significant in the next couple of hours.
You've heard of
#Partygate
. But are you ready for
#Deathgate
?
#NoConfidence
#ToryMps
#GrahamBrady
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After our prosecution case against Boris Johnson was shutdown, I told you all I would find out what was happening behind the scenes.
Now I have.
Share it everywhere.
This is a public interest matter.
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Do you know how hard it is to get this kind of coverage for a documentary film?
Thank you to the Mail on Sunday for letting the whole country know what we're making. I mean, are you trying to help me? Hilarious.
Fund this film:
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This is why newspapers cannot be trusted to hold politicians to account and the criminal law needs to be called upon instead.
Fucking hell Zoe.
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I have decided to lobby
@UKParliament
and the
@EU_Commission
to create new laws against lying in politics during referendum campaigns, elections and in the media.
We have pro bono lawyers working with us to write a draft bill.
We have to kill this poisonous problem...
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#BallVJohnson
(
@MarcusJBall
V
@BorisJohnson
)
Our prosecution case’s first day in court is officially 2pm on May 14th at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
No
#Politics
. No
#Brexit
. No
#Insults
.
Only
#Justice
.
Crowdfund page & press release:
It’s on!!!
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NOW: The results of our investigation appear to have caused the PM to pull a complete communications narrative U-turn.
Feeling lost? This is your summary video!
Watch this:
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The full story will finally be revealed in our new documentary film!
The Power of Lies: The Story of Lying in Politics and the Fight to Make It illegal
Watch some early footage with Sneak Peek 1/4 now!
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This is a thread on how NOT to character assassinate someone (me).
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@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
if you want to use your
@GBNEWS
platform to attack me then do it properly. Be better prepared and don't allow someone as informed and articulate as
@AmyNicks_
to defend me. Backfire!
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The ITU consultant I spoke to also told me that a Covid patient who had been close to death would likely have a recovery profile that included lung damage and difficulty speaking at length.
Putting Mr Johnson's 5 minute speech to camera after leaving hospital into issue:
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Why would PM Johnson have pushed the story that he almost died when actually, according to him now, his condition was“...really mild...”?
A reminder of some context from
@ByDonkeys
:
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We request that you do not write replies to this thread until you have first carefully engaged with ALL the information & polls below which cover a complex investigation over two years.
IMPORTANT: St Thomas’s Hospital and their excellent NHS staff are NOT to blame.
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Something is not right. I’m going to find out what’s going on and then I’m going to go public with it.
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That's it for this one. THREAD END.
If you'd like to find out more about us and our work you can read about why we prosecuted Boris Johnson in 2019:
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Disgusted by
@BorisJohnson
’s changes to the Ministerial Code?
A lot of people ask me why I prosecuted Johnson for misconduct in public office in 2019, a criminal offence with a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
I’ll tell you why:
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What were we told about the severity of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Covid-19 condition?
We were previously told that his condition was so severe that his doctors had prepared to announce his death.
Watch this:
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What did Boris Johnson do in 2020 that he doesn’t want anyone to know?
It took a three year investigation, but we finally found out.
It’s the worst thing he’s ever done, and we’re making an exposé documentary film about it.
Join the film crowdfund now:
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No.
Prosecuting Boris Johnson for lying is the proudest achievement of my professional life and I hope you are all starting to understand why.
As a politician this man is a dangerous liar who needs boundaries. I tried to give him boundaries when nobody else would.
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Hi
@BarackObama
I’m prosecuting
#BorisJohnson
for exactly this reason.
Obama: "When words stop meaning anything, when people can just make up anything, democracy doesn't work. Society can't work. If you can just say anything, and there are no consequences... how are we going to have any kind of accountability?" (via CBS)
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Who else have we interviewed and who's making this film with me?
Crowdfund this film now and be a part of it, keep up to date on the production, help us in our struggle against this problem that hurts us all:
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You can't buy this kind of free advertising for a documentary film. It's a first time director's dream.
The personal attacks are false and potentially damaging of course, but it is the Mail. We'll deal with that later.
As for now, I have some questions for you:
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Dictators enjoy lying to their people in order to cheat their democratic processes.
Dictators enjoy shutting down democratic processes.
It is my belief that
@BorisJohnson
is acting as an early stage dictator.
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It was this article from
@rachshabi
writing for the
@nytimes
and this front cover from
@PrivateEyeNews
that hit me the most. For me, they captured my concern.
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It’s finally time for
@BorisJohnson
to be held to account for his claims concerning £350m a week being ‘sent’ to the EU.
We need a fair trial. Only the courts can decide. Innocent unless proven guilty.
#BrexitJustice
@bbclaurak
@Peston
@Frankie_Mack
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Update for my backers:
#BallVJohnson
Today is the first day, after almost 3 years of work, that our prosecution case against Mr Johnson MP is being heard in court.
Please, no
#Insults
. No
#Brexit
talk. No
#Politics
. Only
#Justice
.
Remember:
#InnocentUnlessProvenGuilty
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Was I a "stupid twat" who didn’t understand the FOI Act? Or was I onto something?
As far as I know, nobody has ever used the FOI Act to successfully request a search of somebody’s medical records before, certainly not a PM’s. But that’s exactly what we did.
Watch this:
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Did
@BorisJohnson
really make this claim?
If not, did the PM benefit from this claim that he did NOT correct for over two years?
Watch this:
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So, did St Thomas's Hospital hold any evidence of preparations to announce
@BorisJohnson
's death?
Watch this:
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Why I began to question what we had been told about the severity of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Covid-19 condition.
Part one:
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Why have
@BorisJohnson
's supporters dedicated a whole front page of the Mail on Sunday to attacking me today? What is it that I know?
The answers will shock you, and we're producing a documentary film all about it.
Fund this film, help us tell our story:
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#BorisJohnson
has been accused of lying about claims concerning
#Turkey
during the
#Referendum
. My legal team and I are prosecuting
@BorisJohnson
for the alleged offence of misconduct in public office, in connection with claims he made that the UK 'sends' £350 million to the EU.
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If we don't understand something, how can we hope to stop it? How can we help others to understand that it needs to be stopped?
I know what I have to do.
My next action against lying in politics is to produce a documentary film about it. That's what I'm doing now.
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Response from backers has been amazing. They’re just as full of fire and defiant as I am. All of us have a right to be proud of our efforts so far.
Let’s wait to see what the written ruling states.
Thank you all for continuing to have my back.
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We now have 10,000 Twitter followers. We’ve been interviewed by two major European publications in the last couple of weeks. And, the Boris Johnson case is with the courts. Can’t wait for what I hope is about to happen next. Be ready everyone. I’m going to need all of your help.
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But what if the recorded preparations/strategy/or contingency plans to announce the Prime Minister’s death had been deleted? Or what if they were made vocally?
Luckily, the hard work had already been done. Read these emails for the answer:
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I did what society needed me to do, I did my part.
I believe that the judges who shut down our case did not.
I believe that the way in which my case was shut down was not legal and I have evidence to support that.
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A happy little update from the prosecution case against Mr Boris Johnson MP. Hold on, more coming soon as it is appropriate to.
#WhenPoliticiansLieDemocracyDies
#Brexit
#BorisJohnson
#MarcusJBall
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Could a severe health threat cause once critical journalists and members of the public to completely change their attitude?
@piersmorgan
was trying to do the right thing here. Was he used?
If you have nothing positive to say about Boris Johnson on here tonight, then shut the f*ck up. The man is our Prime Minister & he is fighting for his life.
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Our film will, for the first time, reveal what was done to our prosecution case against Boris Johnson.
We are going to demonstrate that lying in politics is one of the worst things a human being can do, using historical examples to make our argument.
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@DawnButlerBrent
MP who was told to leave the House of Commons for accusing
@BorisJohnson
of being a liar has also been interviewed.
She pointed out that accusing someone of lying in Parliament results in punishment but the lying itself does not.
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I decided I had to investigate.
St Thomas’s did confirm he’d been admitted there so I was wrong to suspect that. It wasn't the best written tweet!
But, I was right about something.
I have sent an FOI request to St Thomas’s NHS Trust requesting confirmation/proof that
@BorisJohnson
wasn’t lying about being admitted there or the severity of his condition.
The PR timing is just too perfect. I fear that he may be dodging responsibility by becoming a victim.
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Signing the legal papers for our
#prosecution
case against
#BorisJohnson
before we gave them into the court last week. Happy behind the scenes moment after such an immense effort.
So proud of what we have all done together. Thank you all backers!
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The decision
@BorisJohnson
has taken to change the Ministerial Code is just one part of the story of lying in politics.
What happened to our prosecution case behind the scenes is another.
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We've hit £300,000 on our crowdfund page.
Over 8000 people have contributed to it.
The case hit nearly every major news site in the world last week.
When politicians lie democracy dies.
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It seems that the Mail on Sunday has learnt how much of a massive misstep this was, this from a friend:
Interesting that the story has now dropped right down the Mail Online website to around the 30th story. For a story that's front page on their print edition and was top story…
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The purpose of the case was to prove that lying in politics is a criminal offence. Preventing politicians like Johnson from lying to us again in future.
The judge ruled in our favour that Johnson must face a full criminal jury trial at the Crown Court.
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I'm going to raise even more money, make the film production values even higher, and put on an even bigger film premiere to make the biggest global news splash possible.
Then we're going to prosecute
@BorisJohnson
again.
Fund this film!
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But suddenly two other judges took over and within 24 hours of receiving our case they shut everything down in suspicious circumstances.
The case was blocked from being seen by a jury and I was told I was a vexatious prosecutor who should never have come to court.
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By 2016 I had worked out what Boris Johnson was. I learnt how he operated.
Anyone who could lie so much to the people he was elected to serve was clearly an abuser of public trust and a threat to our country.
I knew that lying in politics had to be stopped.
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#LiarJohnson
#BorisJohnsonLies
Complaining about his lying is not enough. We must continue the prosecution case against him.
15,000 people are with me and my team so far. Keep up to date on the case and follow on.
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We're going to make a brilliant, seminal film about one of the hottest topics in world news right now.
A major global streamer and two Oscar and Bafta winning documentary film distributors have already asked to see our rough-cut when it's ready.
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Let’s spread the word.
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Confidential Poll: At the time that it was reported, did you believe that the Prime Minister’s condition was so serious that his doctors prepared to announce his death?
Yes
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Wasn't sure
21536
Don't remember
7828
No
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Who is in the film? These guys for starters:
@GaryLineker
@DeborahMeaden
@DominicGrieve1
@RhonddaBryant
@DawnButlerBrent
@ShahrarAli
@MarinaPurkiss
See them in action, watch Sneak Peek 3/4 now!
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Football icon
@GaryLineker
, spoke so eloquently about the lying in politics problem that it made me question why he hadn't done a politics doc before.
Have you ever thought to compare VAR on the pitch with regulation of political standards in Parliament?
Lineker has.
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@helenb2454
Around the time he was pretending to be dying of Covid my Nan actually was. I consider it to be a huge betrayal of our country at a time of grief. He used our sympathy. Don't become numb. Thank you for taking the time to read it. Also, it's my job to expose lying in politics.
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So far, we've interviewed the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standards Committee,
@RhonddaBryant
MP.
He talked to us about lying in the House of Commons, in the UK, and what can be done about it.
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Our criminal prosecution case against
@BorisJohnson
is continuing. This is why.
Read the story and please do retweet.
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1) I have some terrible news. Please watch the video.
2) Full update out via email shortly
3) I have published the case here, please read it carefully and you’ll understand why I’m so angry:
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So, I raised over £700,000 in crowdfunding from more than 15,000 excellent people, hired a top team of criminal lawyers, and together we prosecuted him for alleged abuse of public trust by way of misconduct in public office.
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The brilliant, angry for all of us, somehow making all of the pain funny,
@MarinaPurkiss
has also graced our film studio in West London.
Marina expressed her articulate fury on the lying in politics problem very effectively.
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What George Bush and Tony Blair did in Iraq is another.
What Robert McNamara did in Vietnam is another.
The story of lying in politics is one of the most important in our history and yet it's never really been told.
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And
@BarristerSecret
was of the view I had misunderstood the FOI Act.
"FOIs!" the conspirators cried, slapping their hands to their foreheads. "We had been so careful - the elaborate fraud so meticulously plotted, the NHS staff, families & civil service all roped in. But we forgot the Freedom of Information Act. We have no choice but to come clean"
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If we won, our case could set a precedent in the English common law system that lying in politics was a criminal offence, impacting common law countries globally.
It was the deterrent our democracies needed.
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To say again, this
#BorisJohnson
vote result has no impact on our work. We continue on regardless. All are equal under the law, even Prime Ministers.
Announcing our decision on an appeal next week.
#BallVJohnson
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I’m down. But I’m not out.
Some things are too important to give up on. No matter how hard it is.
Despite my financial situation I still have ideas and I still have fight in me.
Hold on. I’m working on it and need some time to reflect before I decide if I’m going to do this.
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It's
#PMQs
today.
Will any Member of Parliament ask
@BorisJohnson
why he told
@GBNEWS
that his condition was "...really mild..." after previously claiming that he "nearly died" of Covid in 2020?
Is it because we rumbled him?
@DawnButlerBrent
@KarlTurnerMP
@EdwardJDavey
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GLOBAL EXCLUSIVE: Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled the public about the severity of his Covid-19 condition.
Now that we have all had a chance to process
#Partygate
it is time to reveal what I'm calling
#Deathgate
.
A multimedia THREAD from Stop Lying In Politics Ltd:
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We're in the Metro! As well as The Times!
Great work everyone!
We're pushing hard against powerful and dishonest people. We're doing our duty to society.
Thanks for the coverage
@MetroUK
and
@fayebrownjourno
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Legendary BBC foreign affairs journalist Kate Adie CBE, talked about cover ups and lying in politics in Communist Party China.
An investigation we've carried out has uncovered evidence of a massacre in Beijing, in 1989, that has never previously been released.
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It was the Mail on Sunday yesterday.
Today it’s the Daily Mail and GB News having a go.
@BorisJohnson
knows this is his last stand so he’s running a desperate attempt at a character assassination against me.
Why? He’s terrified. He knows nobody will touch him when we release…
Nana Akua: 'It seems the
#bekind
group are only kind if you agree with their point of view.'
🖥 GB News on YouTube
📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604
@Nanaakua1
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Well done Dorothy Byrne:
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I'm battling on in our prosecution case against
@BorisJohnson
but he's trying to get £100,000 out of me for costs.
I refuse to be scared off. We're going back to court imminently with a JR application. Sorry Boris.
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This made global news headlines.
I was so happy and hopeful, and so were my backers.
This was our chance to change the world!
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BREAKING: Criminal prosecution team notify Boris Johnson of impending action for the alleged offence of misconduct in public office.
Fund us here or our team can't go to court:
#BrexitJustice
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Ex deputy leader of the Green Party,
@ShahrarAli
, who happens to have done his PHD on the topic of lying and deceit, spoke to us about exactly what lying is and is not.
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Make that about £40,000 raised.
In one day.
From some of the best people in the world.
It is now my 30th birthday. Working with you all since I was 26 to take on lying in politics is the proudest professional privilege of my life so far.
Thank you all for the honour.
Meeting the legal team tomorrow to finalise our Judicial Review application to move forward our prosecution case against
@BorisJohnson
.
Feeling so happy about the case, the huge backing today (£30,000 so far) and the importance of our work together.
Thank you everyone!
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#BallVJohnson
update:
The High Court had 3 days to read our 100,000 word+ case. The Mags had 3 months.
Due to the unfair time restrictions placed upon the High Court we argue that legal errors have been made in their ruling.
Now we’re trying to get it into the Supreme Court.
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Dear backers,
Shortly after our prosecution case against Boris Johnson was shut down I posted a video explaining that I suspected something had happened behind the scenes.
Some weeks ago I discovered what that was.
I will be going fully public with it after the election.
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The excellent criminal lawyer Lewis Power QC. who initially won for our case at Westminster Magistrates' Court, has also been interviewed along with several other lawyers.
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@carolecadwalla
@BorisJohnson
Boris Johnson has just been prosecuted by my legal team and I for allegedly lying to the public about UK spending on EU membership during the referendum.
We will go public with case developments when the courts permit us to. See my Twitter profile for details.
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Today was a damn good day.
@BorisJohnson
prosecution case going very well.
#BrexitJustice
#Politics
#ProsecuteBoris
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This film cannot be completed without your help!
It is independently produced, doing the kind of investigative journalism that the mainstream media isn't built to do.
Be a part of this work, crowdfund us today:
Watch Sneak Peek 2/4 now!
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Confidential Poll: At the time that these stories were first published did inconsistences like these bother you?
Didn't notice them
21919
Yes
45997
No
4423
Don't remember
7225
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I do not come from a wealthy background.
This was enough debt to destroy me financially, leaving me with a burden that would take decades to pay off.
But did I regret doing it?
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I was then viciously criticised in the media by people who had never read our case, seen our evidence, or asked me about my work.
Next, at 29 years old, I was ordered to pay court costs on an indemnity basis giving me court debts totalling over a quarter of a million pounds.
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Update for my backers:
I’ve read the ruling. Very happy.
Team and I will carefully review it before making our decision as to what precisely we will do next.
I will email out a full analysis of it to my backers in the next couple of days.
Thank you all!
#BallVJohnson
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