“On his central point, the £350m a week, this is a lie. He knows it is a lie and endlessly repeating it does not make it the truth.”

— Vince Cable

Boris Johnson insists he is 'all behind' May over Brexit https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41289080 BBC News (16 September 2017)
2017

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British Liberal Democrat politician 1943

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