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Labour attack Johnson's handling of Newcastle takeover: 'He wouldn't know the truth if it smacked him in the face'

Lucy Powell MP, Labour’s Shadow Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Secretary, has criticised Boris Johnson’s handling of the Newcastle United takeover, saying the former prime minister “wouldn’t know the truth if it smacked him in the face”, and called on the government to expedite plans for an independent regulator in football.
This follows a report from The Athletic earlier on Thursday which revealed the UK government considered the possible failure of Newcastle takeover to be an “immediate risk” to its relationship with Saudi Arabia.
Then-UK prime minister Johnson had told. ....

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