Ad van displaying messages from Covid bereaved driven around Westminster during Johnson inquiry
The former PM swore ‘hand on heart, I did not lie to the House’ as the committee hearing got under way.
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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2016-2018 and Mayor of London 2008-2016. Johnson has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015 and was previously MP for Henley from 2001 to 2008. He has been described as adhering to the ideology of one-nation and national conservatism.
Johnson insists No 10 leaving do ‘was not a party’
“It was not a social event. If anybody thinks I was partying during lockdown, they are completely wrong."
Hand on heart, I did not lie to the House, Johnson says
Harriet Harman, the chair of the Privileges Committee, warned that misleading the House is a “matter of great importance”.
Steve Baker warns Johnson he risks looking like ‘pound shop Farage’ with Brexit opposition
Baker said Johnson has a choice between being remembered as a "statesman or a pound shop Nigel Farage".
Johnson was warned against claiming all guidance was followed – but he did it anyway
The former prime minister faces a live grilling by the Privileges Committee on Wednesday afternoon.
Boris Johnson set to vote against Rishi Sunak’s Windsor Framework
The former prime minister described the deal as "not acceptable".
Gary Lineker posts thinly veiled tweet ahead of Johnson’s Partygate probe
The ex-PM could face a by-election if he is found to have knowingly misled Parliament.
Johnson’s partygate defence ‘complete and utter nonsense’, say Covid bereaved
Mr Johnson accepted he misled MPs, but said his denials were made “in good faith” based on what he “honestly” knew at the time.
The key people Boris Johnson mentions in his evidence
The former prime minister references a host of key figures in his evidence bundle to the Privileges Committee.