.@BorisJohnson didn't try to have me beaten up but
thanks to my investigation into his Garden Bridge scheme he did try to damage my reputation, describing my stories for @ArchitectsJrnal as a 'stream of abuse' & ascribing false motives to my reporting. This all happened in 2018
thanks to my investigation into his Garden Bridge scheme he did try to damage my reputation, describing my stories for @ArchitectsJrnal as a 'stream of abuse' & ascribing false motives to my reporting. This all happened in 2018
@BorisJohnson @ArchitectsJrnal Johnson launched his attack at City Hall after the scale of the Garden Bridge disaster became apparent & he became the first former mayor to be summoned to give evidence to the London Assembly. He faced tough Qs & his attack on me was a classic Lynton Crosby 'dead cat' strategy
@BorisJohnson @ArchitectsJrnal I was sitting in the audience next to The Guardian's @peterwalker99 when the then Foreign Secretary made his comments about me and @ArchitectsJrnal & I was pretty shocked as Walker reported on Twitter theguardian.com/politics/2018/…
@BorisJohnson @ArchitectsJrnal @peterwalker99 I then publicly challenged Johnson to provide evidence for his claims or withdraw them as @pressgazette reported pressgazette.co.uk/editor-labels-…
@BorisJohnson @ArchitectsJrnal @peterwalker99 @pressgazette I was backed by Labour's @GwynneMP who also wrote to Johnson to complain that he'd brought my professional integrity into question
@BorisJohnson @ArchitectsJrnal @peterwalker99 @pressgazette @GwynneMP But guess what? @BorisJohnson is a coward as well as a liar and he dishonorably refused either to back up his damaging claims or withdraw them
@BorisJohnson @ArchitectsJrnal @peterwalker99 @pressgazette @GwynneMP He wrote back to me to claim, essentially, that he didn't really know what had come out of his mouth, saying: I am afraid I cannot say whether or not Mr Hurst was responsible for the copy that has been repeatedly mentioned to me.’ architectsjournal.co.uk/news/johnson-c…
@BorisJohnson @ArchitectsJrnal @peterwalker99 @pressgazette @GwynneMP So @BorisJohnson in giving evidence to elected representatives following a summons, could accuse a journalist of 'horrendous allegations of corruption' about his pet project yet then expect us to believe he is ignorant of WHO that journalist is or WHAT the allegations are about
@BorisJohnson @ArchitectsJrnal @peterwalker99 @pressgazette @GwynneMP It's about as convincing as his excuses for not releasing the Russia Report or his crocodile tears for the victims of Hillsborough
@BorisJohnson @ArchitectsJrnal @peterwalker99 @pressgazette @GwynneMP I never used to think it of the UK but sadly the most powerful and well-connected people in society can get away with just about anything as the Garden Bridge scandal usefully demonstrates
@BorisJohnson @ArchitectsJrnal @peterwalker99 @pressgazette @GwynneMP More on this scandal, which cost the UK taxpayer £43,000,000 & involved many of the great and good inc Joanna Lumley, Roland Rudd & George Osborne, is detailed in this long read by @mfletchertimes & myself in @tortoise members.tortoisemedia.com/2019/07/20/gar…
@BorisJohnson @ArchitectsJrnal @peterwalker99 @pressgazette @GwynneMP @mfletchertimes @tortoise And a little footnote to add. I recently discovered that Lynton Crosby, friend of Johnson & mastermind of several Tory election victories, was himself involved in the Garden Bridge saga
@BorisJohnson @ArchitectsJrnal @peterwalker99 @pressgazette @GwynneMP @mfletchertimes @tortoise Following a subject access request to the Garden Bridge Trust, the charity set up under Johnson's watch to deliver the Garden Bridge, it emerged that the Trust had sent a file about me to Crosby at his firm CT Group ctgroup.com
