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Lying in public office: Life in Prison

When the world is mine, a new offence will be created pursuant to standards in public office – namely to elected offices and public sector employees senior enough to have political restrictions applied to them. This offence will prescribe a minimum sentence of life in prison to any individual who makes a knowingly false statement inside of a building of state, or while making an address on behalf of the state.

When the world is mine, a new offence will be created pursuant to standards in public office – namely to elected offices and public sector employees senior enough to have political restrictions applied to them. This offence will prescribe a minimum sentence of life in prison to any individual who makes a knowingly false statement inside of a building of state or on it’s grounds, or while making an address on behalf of the state.

As an example, the statement by Prime Minister Boris Johnson “the guidance was followed and the rules were followed at all times”. If it was proven (e.g. by a police investigation, or an independent government investigation) that this statement was a deliberate falsehood; e.g. because the Prime Minister had previously attended a gathering that violated the rules that he himself had crafted: then the offence would be considered proven.

The corresponding sentence would be life in prison. Availability of parole to be set to the highest standard available in law at the time of sentencing. e.g. were there to exist a sentence of “Life without parole” for any crime, then the minimum sentence for this offence would also be without parole.

Additionally, based on the precedent set by Boris Johnson’s change to the Ministerial Code on May 27th 2022, this law would be imposed retroactively to the date of birth of the oldest living individual.