The website Liar.co.uk has been bought, and is directing visitors to Boris Johnson’s Wikipedia page.
The site began linking to the Prime Minister’s page over the weekend after he faced fresh partygate allegations for breaking covid restrictions, and increasing pressure to resign .
Mark Rofe, 32, from Surrey who is responsible for the website redirect said “Initially I wanted to register Liar.co.uk and put a website up with all the lies our Prime Minister has told, but the domain was already taken.
“But I did see that the domain was available to rent for £299 a month on the domain platform Dan.com, so I shared the idea on Twitter.
and got a few people together to split the cost and redirected it to his Wikipedia page.”
Mark, who is the founder of Christmastrees.co.uk added “I wanted to do something that makes a serious point but in a humorous way, hopefully this achieves that. I’d like to rent the domain until he leaves office, which hopefully won’t be for much longer now”
Angharad Planells Head of Business Development and Culture at Radioactive who helped to fund the domain rental said: “I got involved with liar.co.uk because lying to the public is one of the fundamental ‘don’ts’ of public relations and strategic communications.
“Transparency and openness are key to building trust with any public, whether you’re a sole trader or a FTSE100 company, and most definitely in the highest public office in our country.
“Without trust you cannot hope to lead, and Boris Johnson has shown time and time again that he is not to be trusted. When someone shows you who they are, believe them. The people see you, Prime Minister.”
It’s not the first time a domain name has been used to poke fun at a politician, in November 2020 the domain name Loser.com directed visitors to Donald Trump’s wikipedia page after he refused to concede defeat in the US 2020 election.
