"What does that say about you Boris Johnson? Aren't you in fact making up quotes, lying to your party leader, wanting to be part of someone being physically assaulted...you're a nasty piece of work, aren't you?"
— Boris Johnson

January 1, 1970

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Members of the Parliament of the United KingdomJournalists from EnglandMayors of LondonEditors from EnglandColumnists from England
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References to false quotes Johnson attributed to historian Colin Lucas (his godfather; Johnson was fired from The Times); lying to Conservative leader Michael Howard about his affair with Petronella Wyatt (he was sacked from his post as shadow arts minister) and his telephone conversation in 1990 with Old Etonian friend Darius Guppy who wanted another journalist beaten up and asked Johnson for the man's personal details.