Will Boris Johnson accept his fate in the Partygate inquiry? trends now
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Boris Johnson was last night considering whether to challenge the findings of an inquiry into whether he lied over Partygate.
The former prime minister was sent a draft version of the controversial Commons privileges committee report into whether he lied to MPs when he said gatherings in Downing Street did not break lockdown rules.
MPs on the committee were accused of pre-judging the issue after they issued an interim report in March – before taking evidence from Mr Johnson – in which they said it should have been ‘obvious’ to him that rules were being broken.
During a fractious three-hour evidence session later that month he said ‘hand on heart’ he had not lied.
He accused the committee, chaired by Labour’s former deputy leader Harriet Harman, of acting as ‘prosecutor, judge and jury’ against him. Allies of the former PM have branded the 14-month inquiry a ‘witch hunt’.
The former prime minister was sent a draft version of the controversial Commons privileges committee report into whether he lied to MPs when he said gatherings in Downing Street did not break lockdown rules
Johnson accused the committee, chaired by Labour’s former deputy leader Harriet Harman, of acting as ‘prosecutor, judge and jury’ against him
If he is found guilty, the committee has the power to recommend Mr Johnson is suspended from Parliament
Mr Johnson has now been invited to make ‘further submissions’ if he wants to influence the committee’s ‘final conclusion’ later this month.
If he is found guilty, the committee has the power to recommend Mr Johnson is suspended from Parliament. Crucially, a suspension of ten days or more could
