Boris Johnson resigns as MP over partygate report
· 09.06.2023 · 22:15:42 ··· ··· Friday ·· 5 (5)
The Telegraph Boris Johnson has resigned as an MP, warning that the “kangaroo court” investigating him over partygate is determined to find him guilty.
The former prime minister announced he is standing down in his Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency ahead of the Privileges Committee report into whether he misled Parliament.
In an angry statement he accused the cross-party group of MPs of being biased and said he was “bewildered and appalled” that it was trying to force him out of parliament.
The committee wrote a “warning letter” to Mr Johnson earlier this week outlining how it intends to criticise him in its final report.
It has been investigating whether he misled Parliament when he told MPs that there had been no lockdown parties in Downing Street.
The former prime minister said the committee had “still not produced a shred of evidence” that he “knowingly or recklessly” did so.
But “much to my amazement they are determined to use the proceedings to drive me out of Parliament”.
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