The BBC veteran launched into a blistering attack on the Prime Minister who he said was a proven ‘liar’ who ‘doesn’t give a damn’ about fairness
’s political rulebook and has become ‘arrogant with power,’ according to David Dimbleby.
And he also took a sideswipe at Mr Johnson’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings, who he said had ‘never governed anything.’Mr Dimbleby’s told Germany’s ARD state TV channel in comments that did not make the final cut: ‘Nobody trusts Boris Johnson. Who could trust Boris Johnson? He lies everywhere to everyone. He lies to his family. He just makes it up, you know.‘He is a different kind of political animal, like Trump, very similar rulebook.
‘The pernicious route they [the Government] are using is to say the licence fee is wrong or unfair. I don’t believe it is wrong or unfair. ‘It has to be explained why not speaking to people is dangerous, why not appearing on television is dangerous.’Mr Johnson has come under fire for his refusal to do interviews, including in the run-up to the December 2019 general election and ahead of Brexit.He has also been criticised for refusing to visit towns in Wales and Yorkshire currently battling flood devastation, while Prince Charles and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn have been to speak to the effected communities.
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