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On Wednesday, former British leader Boris Johnson spoke to a group of MPsMembers of Parliament. MPs are elected to represent people in 650 different geographical areas. . They accused him of lying to British politiciansSomeone whose job it is to be involved in running a country. Politicians try to persuade people they have the best ideas to run the country. over parties during the Covid-19The official scientific name for the type of coronavirus that swept the world from March 2020. lockdowns.

Johnson said he had done nothing wrong. But the MPs were not happy.

Some worry that the truth has stopped mattering in politics. Politicians, they fear, can tell lies so that people will vote for them - without anyone ever stopping them.

Now, Johnson may be stopped. And in the USAThe United States of America is a country in North America. It has a population of 329 million. , Donald TrumpAn American television personality who became US president from 2016 to 2020. He is running to be president again in 2024. could even be arrestedStopped by the police and taken to a police station. .

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But others say that there is still a problem with truth. In the internet age, it can be difficult to know what is true and what is a lie. Lies are told as if they were true, and they spread because people believe them.

Yes! People lie all the time. Politicians are the same. It is the nature of people, so nothing will change.

No! The meeting of MPs shows that people still care about the truth. People who lie are normally caught out in the end.