LIVE – Wednesday’s PMQs – Partygate, Sue Gray and the PM
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Wednesday’s PMQs live – PartyGate, PM, Sue Gray inquiry
The highly-anticipated report into alleged lockdown-breaching parties at No 10 is yet to be handed to the prime minister, as Boris Johnson awaits another gruelling PMQs.
Downing Street has said Mr Johnson wants to publish it – in full or in part – “as soon as possible”, meaning its potentially explosive findings may be known in the coming hours.
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Lord Zac Goldsmith resigns after criticism over Partygate probe
Lord Zac Goldsmith resigns after criticism over Partygate probe Lord Zac Goldsmith has quit as a minister after he was found to have undermined a Commons investigation into Boris Johnson and Partygate. He was among 10 Tories the Privileges Committee said was part of a campaign to interfere with their inquiry. Lord Goldsmith said the government’s “apathy” on climate change made it “untenable” for him to remain minister for the international environment. He claimed Prime
LIVE – Partygate: privileges committee accuses seven Tory MPs and three peers of trying to interfere with its inquiry
Partygate: privileges committee accuses seven Tory MPs and three peers of trying to interfere with its inquiry The Guardian says The Commons privileges committee has criticised in particular seven MPs and one peer for posting tweets, or giving comments to the media, that it described as “some of the most disturbing examples of the co-ordinated campaign to interfere with” its inquiry into Boris Johnson. The quotes are set out in an annex to the report.
Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg criticised over Partygate probe
Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg criticised over Partygate probe Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg are among the most prominent Tories who have been heavily criticised by a Commons committee of waging a campaign to undermine its investigation into former prime minister Boris Johnson. Johnson quit as an MP following the Privileges Committee report which found he had deliberately misled Parliament over Partygate during Covid lockdowns. Nadine Dorries and Rees-Mogg have also quit as MPs. Mogg
Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nadine Dorries ‘undermined’ Partygate investigation
The special report will include whether statements by Mr Johnson’s supporters could be considered a contempt of Parliament in their own right.
Boris Johnson’s political career is done, how the newspapers reacted
Boris Johnson’s political career is done, how the newspapers reacted The UK newspapers have reacted strongly to former prime minister Boris Johnson’s ongoing Partygate scandal. Last week, the Privileges Committee – a group made up of cross-party MPs – found that Boris Johnson had deliberately misled Parliament over gatherings at Downing Street during Covid restrictions. Even Boris Johnson seems to have given up the Partygate fight – he knows his power is waning Katy Balls
Boris Johnson: MPs back Partygate report as just seven vote against
Boris Johnson: MPs back Partygate report as just seven vote against MPs have overwhelmingly supported a report that concluded former prime minister Boris Johnson intentionally misled Parliament regarding lockdown parties at Downing Street. The report, produced by a cross-party committee, received backing from the Commons with a vote of 354 to seven. The committee’s findings revealed that Johnson repeatedly violated Covid regulations by claiming that all guidelines were followed at No 10. While some of
