Liars all

Liar 1: Vladimir Putin and the Russian government.
Putin has been honest about one thing. He has vowed to support the "legitimate government of Syria", that is to say the Assad regime and is definitely doing that. But he also said he wishes to join the west in its assault on IS. The truth is he has very little interest in doing that. All the evidence indicates he is actually targeting the opposition groups within Syria, people who simply want to live free lives and do not wish to be barrel-bombed and chlorine-gassed by their own leader. But they oppose Assad's leadership and are therefore legitimate targets for Russian bombs and missiles. You just wish Putin would come right out and say it.

Liar 2: the American military. Last week an MSF hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan was bombed, and bombed repeatedly, by American warplanes. First they said it couldn't have been them, then they admitted it and said it was a "mistake". Some mistake. They continued bombing it for nearly an hour after the hospital staff phoned the military and told them they were a hospital and could they stop killing their patients and medical staff. The truth here is that the US army had received intel that Taliban fighters were holed up in the hospital, making it another "legitimate target", without getting any on-the-ground confirmation of this. Turns out it wasn't even true.

Liar 3: David Cameron and the Tory party. Yesterday at the Tory party conference DC was trying to get us to believe that they are the party of the poor, whereas Corbyn's Labour party are terrorist-lovers and Britain haters. Lies.
Probably a lot of people in Britain do believe the Tories support the poor. Just no poor people. They've had to endure the bedroom tax, and will soon see their incomes further curtailed by the ending of tax credits. In fact the Tories are ideologically committed to make the lives of the poor worse, because why should the well-off subsidise  a group of lazy, feckless individuals who would rather sponge off the state than do a day's work? Why make life easy for them? If they want a better life then they should go out and get a job, like the rest of us. As for Labour, why should a desire to talk to all sides in a seemingly intractable conflict be interpreted as a love for terrorists? Because that's what they want you to believe.

Liar 4: the BBC. All this week things have been going from bad to worse on the West Bank; Palestinians stabbing Jewish settlers, Israeli soldiers shooting dead children for stone throwing, thousands of Muslims being denied the right to worship at the Al-Aksa mosque. How do I know this? Not because I watch and listen to the BBC news, which has remained almost mute on the subject from the outset. Jeremy Bowen was almost fired for telling too much truth about the invasion of Gaza and has since been sidelined. Now you have to go to alternative sources to find out what's going on out there. Even Sky news has been more forthcoming. Why? Because there is an unstated agenda in the highest echelons of the BBC: to support our friends, the Israelis, and that's even more important than reporting the news honestly