Taking politicians to court for lying to the public for political gain is not such a bad idea. The problem in this instance for the left, is that such an idea is a two edged sword.

There is no doubt in my mind that the idea of taking Boris to court over his alleged lying is simply a tactic of the left that equates with their endless persecution of President Trump. If you can't win in the ballot box, then you can think up other ways to frustrate and inconvenience your political opponents.

Of course, you could have a lot of fun apply the same principle to the left. How about Labor's lies over Howard's Workchoices legislation? Or the left's total lie that the Liberals were withdrawing funding from education, when all it was doing was not continuing to fund a substantial increase in money towards education that was clearly not producing an increase in examination results?

So too, the Stolen Generation lie was so damaging to the Australia's reputation that I would love to have seen the perpetrators of this lie in jail for telling lies for political gain. At the lie least the big lie was contrary to section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act in that is caused "offence" to the white population of Australia. But offending white people is no offence to the left. And then they wonder why white people are turning away from them.

If there has been a more disruptive (power junkie) Minister of the crown let alone one as divisive trying to steal the job of the PM, I haven't seen it yet!

Giving an, I believe, dishonest (hunt with the hounds and run with the hare) ( hate/loves Trump) Boris the top job would be tantamount to handing a drooling Dracula the keys to the blood bank!

This ( Dictator in the making) despicable creature, with a polished Etonian accent, couldn't, I believe, lie straight in bed.
Alan B.

Written like a true academic bureaucrat, who's bread gathers more butter the bigger government becomes.

Wouldn't be a "remain" by any chance would you Binoy?

Let the fun begin.

Any politician who says that "Islam is a religion of peace" should be prosecuted for lying.

Any politician who says that "climate change is the result of human activity" should be prosecuted for lying.

Ho Ho...best of British luck with that one. It is a Parliamentary privilege to tell porkies: Under most circumstances at least.