Boris Johnson has questioned the legitimacy of the Commons inquiry into whether he misled parliament over partygate after Keir Starmer asked Whitehall investigator to be Labour’s chief of staff janemerrick23 reports:
interim reportMr Johnson said the proposed appointment of Ms Gray by Sir Keir meant it was “surreal” that the committee’s probe was relying on her report into partygate.
They have also published WhatsApps revealing that No10 staff knew that Mr Johnson’s claim to parliament that there was no rule-breaking would be difficult to defend. It added: “The Director of Communications stated in a WhatsApp of 25 January 2022 to a No. 10 official in relation to the gathering of 19 June 2020 that ‘Haven’t heard any explanation of how it’s in the rules’.
In his statement, Mr Johnson said: “I am grateful to the committee for their work over the last ten months. I believe that their labours have helped establish the obvious truth: “Like any Prime Minister I relied upon advice from officials. There is no evidence that I was at any stage advised by anyone, whether a civil servant or a political adviser, that an event would be against the rules or the guidance before it went ahead. There is no evidence that I was later advised that any such event was contrary to requirements.
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