Prime Minister Boris Johnson after his address outside Downing Street, London. File photoMOSCOW, Jul 16 British Prime Minister candidates responded differently to a question about the honesty of resigned Prime Minister Boris Johnson during the first pre-election TV debate on Friday. Broadcast by Channel 4.Chairman House of Commons committee Tom Tugendhat was the only one who gave a direct and unequivocal answer to the question of whether Johnson was honest. “No,” he said, after which the audience exploded in applause. host.
Candidate for British Prime Minister Mordaunt urged to speak honestly about Ukraine «Sometimes,» said former Deputy Minister for Women and Equality Kemi Badenok with a short chuckle. The audience laughed after her. Deputy Foreign Trade Secretary Penny Mordaunt, despite being reminded by the host, refused to answer in monosyllables. «There were really difficult problems, and I think he paid the price for it,» she said. to give a clear answer to the question posed, she preferred to refer to past statements by Johnson himself, without expressing, in fact, his opinion. «He himself said that the things he spoke about were not 100% accurate, and I believe this «, she replied vaguely. 
Truss vowed to increase defense spending if she becomes UK Prime Minister Former Treasury Secretary Rishi Sunak, who received the most votes in the first and second rounds, also avoided a categorical answer, reducing it to a remark about his own resignation. «I tried to take his word for as long as possible, and in the end I came to the conclusion that I could not, and so I filed retired … There were several reasons why I resigned, and trust and honesty was one of them,” he replied. Johnson, who replaced Theresa May as prime minister in 2019, announced on July 7 that he was Conservative Party of Great Britain. He will perform duties until the appointment of a new head of the Cabinet.
