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muriel_volestrangler

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1. He's now bullshitting that he was "taken out of context"

Reply to LeftishBrit (Original post)

Tue Nov 7, 2017, 12:25 PM

Nov 2017

Eventually, after almost one hour of questioning, he added: “I'm sorry if any words of mine have been taken out of context and misconstrued to cause anxiety to Nazanin's family.”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-iran-refuse-apology-prison-sentence-a8042296.html

I can't see how suddenly saying she was "teaching journalism", when no one else said that, was a matter of "context". He's fucked up in a big way, and is now blaming everyone else.

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Boris Johnson mistake could harm case for Nazanin Xaghari -Ratcliffe, say family [View all] LeftishBrit Nov 2017 OP

He's now bullshitting that he was "taken out of context" muriel_volestrangler Nov 2017 #1

How on earth is Boris Johnson still in a job? T_i_B Nov 2017 #2

She's scared to fire him, because he'd use it as a springboard for standing against her LeftishBrit Nov 2017 #3

Given his disastrous record as a minister T_i_B Nov 2017 #4