Johnson allies committed ‘attack on the legitimacy of parliament itself’
Priti Patel and Jacob Rees-Mogg are among those Boris Johnson allies fiercely criticised by the privileges committee over comments made relating to its investigation into whether the former PM misled the House over partygate. The new special report by the committee claims the former PM’s supporters “waged” a “campaign” against its work in a bid […]
How Penny Mordaunt won partygate
Penny Mordaunt can’t stay out of the headlines. Whether she’s stealing the monarch’s spotlight by wielding a 3.6kg sword perfectly perpendicular to her direction of travel, or making equally pointed swipes at a former PM for his purported Covid partying — Penny’s making waves at Westminster. When she was made leader of the House of […]
‘Always another innings’: Boris Johnson reacts to MPs’ partygate verdict in private speech
After 354 MPs voted to endorse the findings of the privileges committee report last night in the House of Commons, elsewhere in London Boris Johnson gave his reaction at a private gathering of centre-right parties. Speaking at the reception for the opening of the International Democrat Union conference, Mr Johnson is said to have joked […]
Abstaining the pain away: Why Rishi Sunak won’t lance the Boris boil
MPs will this evening debate, and likely endorse, the findings of the privileges committee report into Boris Johnson. But among those not expected to vote in favour of the former PM’s would-be 90-day sanction is Rishi Sunak, who has a conveniently timed meeting with his Swedish counterpart around the time of the debate. (Although he […]
Sunak set to abstain over partygate report as Starmer calls on PM to ‘show leadership’
The prime minister must “show leadership” by supporting the privileges committee’s report into Boris Johnson, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The comment comes as MPs are set to debate the findings of the commons privileges committee, which would have seen Boris Johnson face a 90-day ban from the House of Commons for “repeated contempts” of […]
Week-in-Review: History will remember Keir Starmer’s role in Johnson’s downfall
“The Ministerial Code says — and I quote — ‘ministers who knowingly mislead parliament will be expected to offer their resignation’. … I’ll leave it there, for now.” Even on 28 April 2021, when Keir Starmer uttered these words to a near-empty House of Commons chamber, his despatch box clad in perspex, there was a distinct feeling […]
Senior Conservative warns Rishi Sunak not to abstain on privileges committee vote
A senior Conservative MP has said if Rishi Sunak does not take part in Monday’s vote on the privileges committee report on Boris Johnson he will not be “rising to the importance of the occasion”. MPs will be given a free vote on the report, but allies of Mr Johnson have warned of consequences, including […]
Boris Johnson statement on privileges committee report in full
The privileges committee today released its report with its findings on whether Boris Johnson misled Parliament over “partygate” while he was in office. The 30,000 word report finds that Boris Johnson did mislead parliament over Partygate, and it recommended that Mr Johnson was suspended from the House for over 90 days. Here is the full […]
Boris Johnson faced 90 day suspension after ‘undermining the democratic process of the House’
At 9.00 am today the privileges committee released its report with its findings on whether Boris Johnson misled Parliament over “partygate” while he was in office. The long-awaited report is around 30,000 words and 108 pages long and comes after a 14-month investigation by the cross-party committee of MPs. The investigation finds that Boris Johnson […]
Is Nadine Dorries inadvertently boosting Rishi Sunak by delaying the Mid Bedfordshire by-election?
The government has today formally moved writs in the House of Commons to trigger by-elections in the constituencies of Uxbridge and South Ruislip, and Selby and Ainsty. The by-elections come as a result of the resignations last week of former prime minister Boris Johnson and his close ally Nigel Adams. Johnson sensationally quit Westminster on […]
