Boris Johnson has scoffed, waffled and blustered his way through a half-hour interview with BBC Breakfast.
The Tory leader told a bizarre story about cutting his foot on a cafetiere and insisted he was not out of touch
But he did also offer up some serious policy points to host Naga Munchetty.
And, well, not all of them were true.
By now we're used to the scheming Tory chucking out a blizzard of lies and half truths.
But that doesn't mean we shouldn't continue to hold them to account. Here are three areas where he did not quite tell the whole truth, to put it mildly.
1. On his 'biggest rise' in NHS spending
WHAT HE SAID: "The figure we're spending is £34billion - it’s the biggest increase in modern memory in the NHS."
THE FACTS: The Tories are indeed pledging £34bn in cash terms by 2023/24 - a 3.2% real terms rise. But the IFS think tank makes clear this is still less than it used to rise under Labour - and comes after years of Tory cuts. The IFS said: "UK health spending has historically grown at an average real rate of 3.6% per year, but grew by just 1.3% per year between 2009−10 and 2018−19." Labour's plans promise real growth of 3.8% per year.
2. On Labour's 'uncontrolled immigration from the world'
WHAT HE SAID: "I know you don't want me to talk about Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party, but what they propose is uncontrolled immigration from the whole world... Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour party have a policy of zero control."
THE FACTS: This is a lie which has been floating around for more than a month. Yes, Labour's Party conference passed a radical motion to "maintain and extend free movement rights", "ensure unconditional right to family reunion" and "reject any immigration system based on incomes, migrants’ utility to business, and number caps/targets". But while that's hugely radical, it's just obviously not the same as scrapping all controls on immigration. On top of that, there's the fact that this policy is unlikely to make it unscathed into Labour's manifesto at a crunch meeting tomorrow. Diane Abbott tweeted yesterday saying Labour is committed to maintaining and extending free movement rights. But she doesn't get the final say, and sources close to Jeremy Corbyn suggested she was talking only about EU citizens, not those from everywhere in the world.
3. On Tory cuts to flood defences
WHAT HE SAID: "What we've got to do is to continue to invest in flood defences. And this government has put far more into flood defences than the previous Labour government - £2.6billion."
THE FACTS: Technically yes, flood spending per year is higher, but Johnson neglects to mention years of cuts when the Tory Coalition first got into power. Here is the total real terms spending on Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management, according to a government document - with years of dipped spending in bold.
2005/06: £663.3m
2006/07: £641.7m
2007/08: £617.6m
2008/09: £682.8m
2009/10: £751.1m
2010/11: £780.4m
2011/12: £658.5m
2012/13: £649.4m
2013/14: £670.8m
2014/15: £876.8m
2016/17: £770.4m
2017/18: £842.3m
2018/19: £807.1m
2005/06: £808.2m
