An inaccurate remark about former Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the most recent episode of Have I Got News For You , which aired on Friday December 5, received numerous complaints leading the BBC to issue an apology. Taking to the Corrections and Clarifications section of their website they penned the official mea culpa on December 9.

"A panellist, in responding to a question about Reform UK , stated that an individual who had recently made a multi-million pound donation to Reform UK had previously made a substantial donation to Boris Johnson and that later 'Boris Johnson gave him an 80 million pound defence contract, allegedly'," the statement read. "In January 2023, it was announced that the Ministry of Defence had awarded a contract of this size to a company in which the do

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