MPs voted 354-7, making Mr. Johnson the first prime minister to be found in contempt of Parliament for misleading the House of Commons
colourful political career came to a humiliating close on Monday after British MPs voted overwhelmingly to sanction the former prime minister for deliberately misleading Parliament.
Jacob Rees-Mogg was among the few MPs who came to Mr. Johnson’s defence. The former cabinet minister picked apart the committee’s findings and called the sanctions against Mr. Johnson “vindictive and ridiculous.” Mr. Johnson has shot back that the committee had engaged in a witch hunt and he called its conclusions “rubbish,” “deranged” and “patently absurd.” He pre-empted the findings by resigning last week after receiving a confidential copy of the report. The committee said that if he hadn’t stepped down, it would have recommended a 90-day suspension, long enough to trigger a by-election in Mr. Johnson’s riding. The House also approved the committee’s recommendation that Mr.
The question now is whether Mr. Johnson can make a political comeback or at least cause mischief for Mr. Sunak, whom the former prime minister blames for forcing him out of office last year. “I don’t think there’s any way back for him,” said Robert Ford, professor of political science at the University of Manchester. “Never say never, particularly with a politician like him. But certainly in the short run, it’s not going to happen.”
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