Johnson's party under fire for doctoring Brexit video clip of rival

[snoop1130]

Johnson's party under fire for doctoring Brexit video clip of rival

 

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a meeting of the cabinet inside number 10 Downing Street in central London, Britain November 5, 2019. Tolga Akmen/Pool via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s election campaign launch got off to a poor start on Wednesday, when his party chairman was forced to defend distributing a doctored video clip of a rival Labour Party politician.

 

As Britain heads towards a Dec. 12 election that could shape the fate of Brexit, some politicians have expressed concerns that misleading information - known as “fake news” - could spread swiftly across social media.

 

Johnson’s Conservatives distributed a doctored video clip of Labour’s Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer, editing out a key response in an interview to give the impression that the party had no answer for Brexit.

 

Starmer was grilled by ITV on Tuesday over the party’s Brexit plans, including rigorous questioning on its policy of trying to negotiate a new divorce deal and then holding a referendum in which its lawmakers might then campaign against the agreement they had struck.

 

In a heavily edited video of the interview published by the Conservatives, Starmer was shown being asked by ITV presenter Piers Morgan why the EU would give a Labour government a good Brexit deal.

 

Starmer was shown apparently blinking, startled, faltering and uncomfortable behind the red slogan: “Labour has no plan for Brexit.”

 

Yet in the actual interview, Starmer did not falter but answered immediately: “Well Piers, I have been talking to the EU, to political leaders across the EU 27 countries for three years and I know very well what the parameters are of any deal that they would do with a Labour government.”

 

Conservative lawmaker Johnny Mercer said the video he had tweeted had been doctored and apologised.

 

“It would appear this has inexplicably been doctored at the end. I apologise and will remove it. The original interview was bad enough - I have no idea why this needed altering,” Mercer said.

 

Yet Conservative Party Chairman James Cleverly, speaking to ITV on Wednesday, repeatedly refused to either accept that the clip had been doctored or to apologise.

 

“The reason we clipped the video was to make it shorter because Keir’s answers rambled on,” Cleverly said.

 

ITV journalist Morgan, an admirer of late Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, said the Conservatives had doctored the clip.

 

“I just find that absolutely staggering: to shamelessly re-edit a video to make it look like something completely different, give a completely misleading and different version to what actually happened to make your opponents look stupid,” Morgan said.

 

“And when you are caught - you just don’t have the good grace to say: ‘Yeah, we shouldn’t have done that - I’m sorry’.”

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-11-06

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[nauseus]

It were the Russians wot did it.

[tebee]

4 minutes ago, nauseus said:

It were the Russians wot did it.

Well the tories have certainly been taking lessons from them! ( as well as lots of donations) 

[robblok]

Doctored tapes, happens in Thailand too, seems the UK is going down and down.  Then when found out no apologies, what happend to people from the UK having high moral standards. This is just fake news to make the other side look bad. The worst part is that there is no sanction nor apologie. 

[Orac]

The Conservatives don’t even launch their campaign until later today and they already look like a car crash in motion. After the gaff above Cleverley was supposed to go on Sky but refused to be interviewed so ended up being empty chaired. After Rees-Moggs disaster yesterday they seem to just keep digging.

 

 

[Chomper Higgot]

I guess the Tories feel tgey have a secure lead, why else adopt such practices?!

[OneMoreFarang]

Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings, why would anybody believe anything they say? Remember: No Ifs, No Buts... 

[Bluespunk]

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

“It would appear this has inexplicably been doctored at the end.

Oh, it's not inexplicable as to why it was doctored...

[evadgib]

Boris fired the starting gun 5 mins ago therefore we might see some real news instead of this manufactured nonsence.

[beautifulthailand99]

Nigel's in live from Workington.....

 

 

[Inn Between]

Is it true that Boris Johnson's cat gives Boris his haircuts? ????

 

[stevenl]

10 hours ago, evadgib said:

Boris fired the starting gun 5 mins ago therefore we might see some real news instead of this manufactured nonsence.

Sorry, I don't understand your post. Can you please explain why you consider this manufactured nonsense (or nonsence if you prefer)? Was the video not doctored?

[Laughing Gravy]

4 hours ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

Nigel's in live from Workington.....

 

 

How awesome Nigel Farage is. even when a labour plant tries to confront him in the street about a second referendum. Farage makes him look like the fool he is.

[klauskunkel]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“The reason we clipped the video was to make it shorter because Keir’s answers rambled on,” Cleverly said.

He must have thought this excuse was cleverly.

[evadgib]

15 hours ago, Orac said:

The Conservatives don’t even launch their campaign until later today and they already look like a car crash in motion. After the gaff above Cleverley was supposed to go on Sky but refused to be interviewed so ended up being empty chaired. After Rees-Moggs disaster yesterday they seem to just keep digging.

 

 

Debunked by the fact that he was being interviewed by J H-B at exactly the same time as explained here (skip to 8 mins if time is short)

[DannyCarlton]

17 minutes ago, evadgib said:

Debunked by the fact that he was being interviewed by J H-B at exactly the same time as explained here (skip to 8 mins if time is short)

It's only a 3 minute video. The video you posted was by some right wing Tory knob jockey. More fake news.

[evadgib]

22 minutes ago, DannyCarlton said:

It's only a 3 minute video. The video you posted was by some right wing Tory knob jockey. More fake news.

How about this seen after the edit window closed?

You're welcome ????

[sawadee1947]

I really hope British people will more and more realise what kind of evil PM they have and get if they vote for conservatives. 

BJ was always a liar and trickser (and cheater) and will not change. 

Embarrasing that he got people who follow him. 

Are there no honest politicians in UK (as politicians could be honest) ?

Where is UK heading to? A Banana kingdom? 

Is there any difference between Thailand and UK concerning truth and honesty?????????

[Mavideol]

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Johnson's party under fire for doctoring Brexit video clip of rival

so many similarities with Trump's unredacted scripts and holding documents/reports/cover ups,

PM accused of cover-up over report on Russian meddling in UK politics

No 10 refuses to clear release of report into Russian political interference before election

are they from the same school

[DannyCarlton]

32 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

so many similarities with Trump's unredacted scripts and holding documents/reports/cover ups,

PM accused of cover-up over report on Russian meddling in UK politics

No 10 refuses to clear release of report into Russian political interference before election

are they from the same school

A much bigger story than that of this thread. Johnson's "collusion" moment. Straight out of Trump's book.

 

The government have had this report since March but refuse to release it until after the election. Ask yourselves why. It's already known that the St Petersburg Troll Farm tried to interfere in the referendum. Could there be collusion by Johnson's camp?

 

So far, the report has been watertight, although the cabinet tends not to be (see Dominic Cummings). If it did start leaking, expect it to be the downfall of the Tory Party/Brexit campaign.

 

 

[Orton Rd]

19 hours ago, tebee said:

Well the tories have certainly been taking lessons from them! ( as well as lots of donations) 

where is the evidence of any foreign donations?

[DannyCarlton]

2 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

where is the evidence of any foreign donations?

Plenty. Have patience!

 

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/revealed-russian-donors-have-stepped-tory-funding/

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/boris-johnsons-conservatives-receive-surge-in-cash-from-russians-2019-11?r=US&IR=T

 

Your starter for ten.

 

 

[Orton Rd]

The Russians would be sponsoring comrade Corbyn, not the Tories

[DannyCarlton]

2 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

The Russians would be sponsoring comrade Corbyn, not the Tories

So wrong. Russia isn't a Communist country. Why do you think that they support Trump?

 

Russia's prime objective is divide and conquer.

 

Divide the EU then pick it off at will. Trump and Johnson both help with this.

 

Divide the world, Nato, UN et al is Trumps job.

[Orac]

2 hours ago, evadgib said:

How about this seen after the edit window closed?

You're welcome ????

You surely are ‘t that gullible to fall for the still photograph used in your first clip to imply JHB and Cleverley where in the same studio when the interview took place are you.

 

The empty chairing was done about 20 mins before the JHB interview where Cleverley phoned in from Millbank which is also where Kay Burley does her show from hence her comment that he was only about 15 feet away. Seems pretty clear he chickened out after the Piers Morgan interview  he did just before where he tried to defend his fake video.

[vogie]

Ofcom may investigate the 'empty chairing of James Cleverly, he wasn't even booked to appear on the show. Disgracefull behaviour from Sky News.

 

[Chomper Higgot]

1 hour ago, Orton Rd said:

The Russians would be sponsoring comrade Corbyn, not the Tories

That’s what comes of believing your own twist on reality.

[Chomper Higgot]

32 minutes ago, vogie said:

Ofcom may investigate the 'empty chairing of James Cleverly, he wasn't even booked to appear on the show. Disgracefull behaviour from Sky News.

 

Link 

[vogie]

2 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Link 

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/ofcom-may-investigate-kay-burleys-empty-chairing-of-james-cleverly-after-numerous-complaints/ar-AAJXc7s

[Orton Rd]

29 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

That’s what comes of believing your own twist on reality.

The reality is comrade Corbyn has no chance of winning ????