How can Boris Johnson and Michael Gove ‘live with themselves‘ for lying about Turkey joining the EU, asks Yvette Cooper
Labour heavyweight accuses former London Mayor of being ‘happy to talk up complete fiction for his personal interests‘
YVETTE Cooper questioned how Boris Johnson and Michael Gove can “live with themselves” for telling “lies” about Turkey joining the EU.
And the Labour heavyweight accused the former Mayor of London of being happy to “talk up complete fiction for his own personal interests”.
Speaking at her party’s pro-Remain event this morning, Ms Cooper tore into Boris over his behaviour in promoting Brexit, saying he had shown he was not fir to be Prime Minister.
The former shadow Home Secretary, said he would lose his reputation of being trusted by the public on the EU.
She said: “Watch what happens over time to Boris Johnson’s reputation, the way he ignores the truth, and think he can have any kind of authority.
“How could you have someone like that as a prime minister?
“Someone who is happy to rip up the facts and talk up complete fiction for his own personal interests.
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“In the end, people will see through that.”
She accused him and fellow Leave campaigner Mr Gove of “deliberately telling lies” about Turkey’s accession to the EU.
The Justice Secretary was well aware such a scenario was a long way from reality, the ex-minister said at the rally in The Shard skyscraper in central London.
Yesterday Mr Gove welcomed the 48-hour extension for voters to register for the EU referendum in order to have a “vote on whether they share free movement of people with Turkey.”
Although official Government policy is to support Turkey’s eventual membership of the union, David Cameron has repeatedly said in reality they will not join for decades.
“They know this, they are not stupid, but they are deliberately misleading and manipulating the facts, deliberately telling lies,” Cooper said.
“I don’t know how they live with themselves, manipulating and telling lies in this way, they know what they are doing.
“I don’t know what their conscience is saying to them but they should really think hard about the way they are twisting and distorting this.”
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