The father of a man killed in the London Bridge attack has accused Boris Johnson of lying and making “political capital” from his son’s death during the BBC leaders’ debate. Merritt believes this would have angered his son, who had “devoted his energy to the purpose” of prisoner rehabilitation. “Johnson lied and used our son’s death to make political capital,” Merritt said in a thread posted on Twitter on Saturday. Corbyn said: “I was very moved by what Jack Merritt’s father said about what his son was trying to do. In a letter to voters, Johnson described the election as one of the most important in more than a century.

Source: The Guardian December 07, 2019 14:43 UTC