Jake Mogg may not be the subtlest of all the beasts in the field, but like the serpent in the garden (to use Dante's description) egli e bugiardo e padre di menzogne – he is a liar and the father of lies. The Brexit crew have a passion for 'Research Groups', for which I believe … Continue reading President Brexit’s last stand – a new version of an old lie
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Lying with impunity
I have today had a letter from the office of that egregious ass, Jake Mogg, known principally for lying in the House of Commons, as shown above, though he has lied elsewhere, too [see Mogg the Mendacious, Mogg Mendax]. The letter (which is quite as underwhelming as you would expect) was in belated response to … Continue reading Lying with impunity
If what they say is true, then how did we get here?
A useful test is to ask whether the account that people give of events is consistent with the events themselves. If it were really the case that in the 2016 referendum ‘the country voted overwhelmingly to leave’ (to quote the chronically untruthful Bernard Jenkin, MP*) is that at all consistent with the point we have now … Continue reading If what they say is true, then how did we get here?
Ow! yaroo! Stop it, you beasts!
I have remarked before that the level at which Boris Johnson operates – and those about him – is ‘school debating society’. That is why the majority of EU politicians, who are serious-minded, grown-up types who see politics in terms of public service (as we once did in this country) cannot comprehend him. Today’s proroguing … Continue reading Ow! yaroo! Stop it, you beasts!
A tissue of misinformation, non sequiturs and falsehoods, brought to you by HM government
In signing this petition (and I would urge you all to follow suit) https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/235138 I came across this extraordinary response, date 30 January and purporting to come from HM Government, though the fact that almost all the arguments it contains have been heard repeatedly before that date in the mouths of Jacob Rees-Mogg and his … Continue reading A tissue of misinformation, non sequiturs and falsehoods, brought to you by HM government
Mogg Mendax
Jake Mogg is associated, in the popular mind at least, with Latin, so perhaps we can open with the Latin axioms suppressio veri and suggestio falsi : the one means to suppress the truth, the other to suggest a lie. They are often coupled, the action of suppressing some truth – e.g. omitting key facts … Continue reading Mogg Mendax
When simple arithmetic is the elephant in the room: the collective failure of press and politicians in the Brexit debacle
It should be remembered that David Cameron became Conservative leader by being more interesting than David Davies in a couple of speeches. The bar was set low at the outset and his subsequent career was consonant with that. It is likely that he will be remembered as the worst British prime minister of modern times**: … Continue reading When simple arithmetic is the elephant in the room: the collective failure of press and politicians in the Brexit debacle
Mogg the Mendacious
We know Jacob Rees-Mogg to be a consummate liar – much like Mr Bernard Jenkin, dishonesty and false representation are his stock in trade -– but in this short interview he excels himself. In the course of a minute and a half, he makes the following six claims, all of which are demonstrably false or … Continue reading Mogg the Mendacious
Another way to misrepresent the EU referendum result: the Charles Moore Defence
[photo by Policy Exchange - Flickr: Charles Moore, former editor of the Daily Telegraph, at Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30224977%5D As we have seen ( in Liars in public places) the usual method of misrepresenting the 2016 referendum result, as employed by messrs Rees-Mogg, Jenkin and Johnson, is to lie outright … Continue reading Another way to misrepresent the EU referendum result: the Charles Moore Defence
Liars in public places
'die breite Masse eines Volkes... einer großen Lüge leichter zum Opfer fällt als einer kleinen' - 'the broad mass of a nation will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one.' (Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf) 'These are people who are bent on trying to reverse the substance of Brexit and … Continue reading Liars in public places
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