UK Parties: The Conservative Party

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9. Telegraph issues correction over Boris Johnson's false UK economy claim

The Daily Telegraph has been forced to correct a column written by Boris Johnson, after he falsely claimed the UK is set to “become the largest and most prosperous economy in this hemisphere”.
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Johnson’s suggestion that the UK economy would overtake Germany “in our lifetimes” may also be up for debate, given that the legitimate OECD forecast only looked ahead to 2060. As a result, on the current predictions, even when Johnson is 94 years old the British economy would still be lagging some way behind its continental counterpart.

The false claim was made in a column Johnson wrote in June shortly before he became prime minister about the failings of the British education system.

This is the third time this year that the Daily Telegraph has been forced to issue a correction to material by Johnson, its star £275,000-a-year columnist, who is currently on leave from the news outlet while he serves as prime minister.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/nov/03/telegraph-forced-to-issue-correction-to-boris-johnson-column

I'm not sure where the Eton education went more wrong - Johnson's uselessness at figures, or his lack of concern about lying. Will teh Torygraph want him back, once he's failed as PM too?