An introduction to political lying -- The 2019 election: one lie after another -- The triumph of political lying -- Britain's first gonzo Prime Minister -- The candour of Angela Merkel -- How to destroy a country -- The failure of the British Press -- The capture of the Conservative Party -- Conclusion.

"It's not long since Britain was famed both for public and private probity. Liars were shunned. Under Boris Johnson, political deceit has become not just commonplace but automatic. This book proves that the scale and shamelessness of the lying by the Johnson government far exceeds anything Britain has experienced before. It shows that Johnson's ruthless use of political deceit is part of a wider attack on civilised values across the Western world, especially by Donald Trump in the USA. In 'The Assault on Truth' Peter Oborne analyses exactly how and why Johnson and Trump lie, explaining how the media and their political allies let them get away with it. This book tells how senior journalists facilitate, disseminate, and collaborate with Johnson's lies, exposing the morally corrupt relationship between the media and unnamed government 'sources'. In the end this assault on truth is an assault on the rule of law, the fundamental idea of fairness and above all on democracy itself."-- Taken from inside book-cover.