Boris Johnson
Foreign Secretary“Once we have settled our accounts, we will take back control of roughly £350m per week.”
Article in the Daily Telegraph, as quoted by The Guardian. Source: The Guardian
What happened
On 17 September 2017 the chair of the UK Statistics Authority wrote to him that the figure “confuses gross and net contributions” and “is a clear misuse of official statistics”. Johnson replied that the letter was based on “a wilful distortion” of his article.
Sources: UK Statistics Authority letter (PDF) · The Guardian