SCOTS actor Brian Cox has accused the Prime Minister of being a "compulsive liar" and expressed his shock that he is "tolerated".
The Succession star appeared on ITV's Peston last night, discussing the issue of social mobility, when he attacked Boris Johnson's relationship with the truth.
He said the PM "wouldnt know the truth if it landed on him" and said the country had "lost the plot".
Mr Cox explained: "We've lost the plot on so many levels, and now we have, we have a compulsive liar who's actually leading the country, and that liar is tolerated and I find that extraordinary."
He added: "I come back here and there's this man who cannot help...He cannot tell....He wouldn't know the truth if it landed on him."
Cox, from Dundee, said he had hoped New Labour would bring in a new form of politics in 1997, but admitted: "But then Iraq, and the million-man march went for nothing."
Conservative MP Bob Seely defended Mr Johnson, saying he had "many fine qualities" but had "skirted around" some issues that he shouldn't have.
He said: "He has occasionally skirted around issues in a way that he shouldn’t.
“I hope we get over this period and I hope he makes his apologies and I hope they mean something.
“I’ve found him to be just really intellectually engaged and a good person when I deal with him, so I’m going to stick up for him in that sense. I wish this wretched partygate hadn’t happened.”
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel