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Jun 19 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
Week 57 - 19/06/2022:

#ReceiptKeepers Streisand Effect thread on massive Johnson/Carrie #Cronyism scandal.

1) Times print edition features scoop reporting Johnson had tried to install his then-mistress Carrie into a £100,000 p/y job as Chief of Staff:
2) The huge story then mysteriously disappears from The Times and other locations repeating the accusations, as reported in The New European:
theneweuropean.co.uk/boris-johnson-…
3) @thetimes Journo behind the scoop, Simon Walters, says "I stand by the story 100%", and that he was in comms with No.10, Ben Gascoigne, Mrs Johnson's spokeswoman - none offered an on-record denial.

Rumours of a super-injunction against publication...
theneweuropean.co.uk/simon-walters-…
4) Others then point out that this isn't the first time they've seen the claims, which also appear in the serialisation of Lord Ashcroft's book on Carrie, still online on the Mail and published in Feb 2022:
5) Story appears in the @guardian shortly afterwards as:

'Carrie Johnson and the curious case of the vanishing Times story

Report had claimed Boris Johnson tried to hire his now wife as chief of staff when foreign secretary, but then it was deleted.'
theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/j…
A source told the Guardian the account of Johnson failing to appoint her (when his advisors found out and warned him not to) was true.

However, on and off-record comments made by No.10 sources and Mrs. Johnson's spokesperson deny the claims entirely.

More to follow?
6) Dominic Cummings proclaims the Walters story to be true on Twitter:
7) No.10 now admits to pressuring The Times into dropping the Carrie Johnson story, while pointing to the weekend denials from Mrs Johnson's spokesperson.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
8) While Johnson's spokesperson does point to other denials, he refuses to repeat the denials himself, stating that he doesn't "comment on what the Prime Minister did before he was Prime Minister"
9) @DailyMirror reports that #BorisJohnson actually tried on two occasions to get his then-mistress Carrie into top roles, until aides vetoed the idea:

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This week has marked important victories and losses for Journalism, Victory in the case of Carole Cadwalladr and updates on the extradition of Assange, while government pushes forward its aggressive agenda, bringing bills set to undermine democracy.
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#KeepingTheReceipts week 44.

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1) 15 May, 2020.

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Nov 5, 2021
#KeepingTheReceipts Week 26 focuses on COP26 and cronyism, as we take a deep dive into lobbying scandals in the wake of the twists and turns leading up to the resignation of #OwenPaterson. Let’s Begin:
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Nov 3, 2021
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