Row breaks out as broadcasters plan to air Boris Johnson's Partygate hearing ... trends now
View
comments
Boris Johnson's Partygate interrogation will be broadcast on TV in what his supporters have described as a 'live kangaroo court', it emerged yesterday.
Major broadcasters are likely to air the entirety of the former Prime Minister's testimony to Parliament's Privileges Committee.
It will examine whether he misled MPs about law-breaking parties during the Covid lockdowns.
But key allies of Mr Johnson yesterday dismissed the probe, saying: 'This is not just a kangaroo court – it's a live kangaroo court.'
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared in front of the Liaison Committee in the House of Commons, London, July 6, 2022
They signalled that the stakes were also high for the current Prime Minister, adding: 'Rishi Sunak was cheek by jowl with Boris in Downing Street when all this was going on. He knew what Boris knew.'
Mr Johnson is expected to appear before the cameras next month and his testimony will be broadcast live on Parliament's televised feed.
Sky News is already understood to have decided to show his whole evidence session, the Observer newspaper reported. The BBC is likely to decide based on the news agenda that day.
So much sensitive evidence has been submitted to the inquiry that it is being kept
