{"product_id":"the-assault-on-truth-9781398523388","title":"The Assault on Truth","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* THE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e TOP TEN BESTSELLER *\u003cbr\u003e 'A clinical and merciless account of Johnson's mendacity... gripping' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Peter Oborne wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of Political Lying\u003c\/i\u003e, looking at the growth of political falsehood under John Major and Tony Blair, he believed things had got as bad as they could be. With the arrival of Boris Johnson at No 10 in 2019 began a new and unprecedented epidemic of deceit.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Assault on Truth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, a short and powerful polemic, Oborne shows how \u003cb\u003eBoris Johnson lied\u003c\/b\u003e again and again in order to secure victory so he could force through \u003cb\u003eBrexit\u003c\/b\u003e in the face of parliamentary opposition. Johnson and his ministers then lied repeatedly to win the general election in December 2019. The government’s woeful response to the \u003cb\u003ecoronavirus pandemic\u003c\/b\u003e has generated another wave of falsehoods, misrepresentations and fabrications. Oborne has brought the book fully up","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866635055447,"sku":"9781398523388","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781398523388.jpg?v=1722279567","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-assault-on-truth-9781398523388","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}