Richard Ratcliffe says Boris Johnson needs to take responsibility for his comments regarding his wife Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. The former Foreign Secretary told RidgeOnSunday that he rejected any responsibility for plight of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Pressed on her case, Mr Johnson said:"I feel sorry for her, for her daughter, for her husband Richard and I've said this many, many times. I feel a deep sense of anguish for what she has been going through."
"The people who are responsible are the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and anything you do to exculpate them is, I think, a great shame."Speaking to Sky News after the Mr Johnson interview, Mr Ratcliffe said he was glad to hear that Mr Johnson feels anguish but that there was a responsibility he needed to take.
Mr Ratcliffe has previously said Mr Johnson's comments had"very traumatic consequences for her" as they were used to discredit his wife and justify a further trial. "I'm prepared to borrow to finance certain great objectives but overall we will keep fiscal responsibility and keep going with the general trajectory of ensuring that this country pays its way and lives within its means.""I think we should be looking at lifting people on low incomes out of tax, lifting the thresholds for National Insurance.""I don't want to prorogue parliament nor do I expect to.
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