Damning ‘partygate’ report says Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament
Johnson reacted by calling the findings “rubbish.”
Its conclusions were a new low for one of Britain’s best-known and divisive politicians who in 2019 led the governing Conservatives to a landslide election victory but whose tenure was cut short by scandal. The more than 100-page report details six events held at Downing Street, the prime minister’s offices and residence.
It recommended that he should not be entitled to a former member’s pass, which enables most former prime ministers and former lawmakers to gain automatic access to parliament.‘This is it, folks’: Boris Johnson delivers farewell speech after 3 years as UK PMThe committee is made up of four lawmaker’s from Johnson’s Conservative Party plus three from opposition parties.
It said that were Johnson still a member of parliament, it would have recommended a suspension from the House of Commons for 90 days.after seeing an advance copy of the report, calling the inquiry a “witch hunt,” a criticism he double-downed on after its publication.Story continues below advertisement
He accused the committee of using mystical powers to see things that he had not seen at Downing Street, when, he said, he was duty bound to thank staff who were departing or for their work on COVID-19. The committee did not accept his defense.
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