Boris Johnson faces high-stakes grilling over ‘partygate’ at committee meeting
is back where he likes to be: at the centre of attention. But he’s not so happy about the reason.
Expected to last several hours, the hearing is a moment of peril for a politician whose career has been a roller coaster of scandals and comebacks. If the House of Commons Committee of Privileges concludes Johnson lied deliberately, he could be suspended or even lose his seat in Parliament.
In a dossier of written evidence, Johnson said it never occurred to him that the gatherings – which variously included cake, wine, cheese and a “secret Santa” festive gift exchange – broke the restrictions on socializing that his own government had imposed on the country.He said he “honestly believed” the five events he attended, including a send-off for a staffer and his own surprise birthday party, were “lawful work gatherings.
Police eventually issued 126 fines over the late-night soirees, boozy parties and “wine time Fridays,” including one to Johnson, and the scandal helped hasten the end of premiership.
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