Boris Johnson will reportedly accuse the committee investigating Partygate of 'moving the goalposts' in a bid to find him guilty, as he attempts to clear his name over allegations he misled the House of Commons over the scandal.
"If this was the other way around, Labour MPs would rightly be calling ‘foul’ and calling this a stitch-up.”
He will appear before MPs for a marathon televised grilling which could last up to five hours, as he fights to save his political career.The cross-party committee previously said in an interim report, that there is evidence showing that coronavirus rule breaches would have been “obvious” to 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".
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