A four-hour grilling by MPs on Thursday AEDT could threaten the former PM’s hold on his seat, and sink his chances of ever staging a political comeback.
| Former British prime minister Boris Johnson will on Wednesday try to save his political skin, enduring a four-hour grilling by MPs who will rule on whether he misled parliament over the infamous ‘partygate’ saga.
This meant that although he had misled parliament when he told MPs that no rules or guidelines were broken, he had not done so knowingly or intentionally.“When the statements were made, they were made in good faith and on the basis of what I honestly knew and believed at the time,” his statement said.
The saga ran and ran: it culminated in Mr Johnson getting a police fine, and eventually cost him his premiership. “There is evidence that those who were advising Mr Johnson about what to say to the press and in the House were themselves struggling to contend that some gatherings were within the rules.”Mr Johnson’s statement sees it differently, saying there was “no evidence at all ... not a single document that indicates that I received any warning or advice that any event broke or may have broken the rules or guidance”.
“The committee now appears to be alleging that it was in some way reckless for me to rely on assurances that I received from trusted advisers. That allegation is unprecedented and absurd,” Mr Johnson said.
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