Four Things Boris Johnson Told Andrew Marr That Weren’t True

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The prime minister was subjected to a grilling on the Andrew Marr Show on Sunday. 

His response to the London Bridge terror attacks, claims about the NHS, and Brexit promises were all brought the the fore – but how much of what Boris Johnson said was true?

Here are four questionable claims made by the PM during the interview:

Friday’s terror attack was due to a ‘leftie’ Labour government

Usman Khan, the man behind Friday’s terror attack at London Bridge, was handed imprisonment for public protection (IPP) in 2012. 

This meant he could be be held in prison indefinitely, with no minimum term, until a parole board agreed he was no longer a threat to the public.

IPPs, introduced by Labour, were scrapped by the Coalition in 2012, though not retrospectively. However, Khan appealed and in 2013, the court of appeal revised Khan’s sentence to a term of 16 years, and told him he would have to spend a minimum of eight years behind bars. 

Separately, the early release scheme brought in by Labour in 2008 allows a parole board to consider a prisoner for release once they have served a portion of their sentence. 

But the Parole Board put out a statement which suggested there had been an error in interpreting Khan’s sentence or the law, and saying its staff had no involvement in Khan’s release.