Boris Johnson declares ‘hand on my heart, I didn’t lie to the House’ during grilling over Partygate

The Sun says BORIS Johnson yesterday tore into claims he misled the Commons as his Partygate hearing began, declaring: “Hand on my heart, I didn’t lie to the House.”

The former PM, who was fighting for his political career, insisted he was not trying to deceive MPs when he claimed no rules had been broken at No10 during lockdown.

Under fire for attending boozy parties while shutting down the country, Mr Johnson said it was “staggeringly implausible” that he would have allowed the events to be covered by an official photographer.

He accused the Commons Privileges Committee of having acted as “prosecutor, judge and jury” despite having “no evidence”.

Mr Johnson also admitted that it “boggled my mind” to have been fined — along with current PM Rishi Sunak — for going to an event to celebrate his birthday.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/21806930/boris-johnson-partygate-hearing/