Public may conclude that a photo never lies – even if Boris Johnson does | PaulWaugh
The key difficulty for Johnson’s defence lies in all those images of him raising a glass near staff at drinks eventsThe Clerk to the Committee, left, administers the oath to former prime minister Boris Johnson ahead of his evidence to the Privileges Committee at the House of Commons and his indignance levels rose, things went rapidly downhill.
There’s no question that Johnson relies on his larger-than-life reputation. He’s the Big Dog who made the Big Calls and got a Big Majority. Yet although the ex-PM’s allies argue that all this Partygate stuff is, his whoppers still worry many of his MPs. The real question is whether Parliament wants to let this sleeping dog lie – in both senses of that word.
The calm didn’t last. The Committee’s approach had been “manifestly unfair”, he said. It relied on a “staggeringly implausible” case that he would invite an official photographer to an “illicit” rule-breaking event in No 10. The social distancing rules didn’t mean an “electrified forcefield” around everyone working in Downing Street preventing them from getting near others.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Tory MPs are most worried about Boris Johnson's contempt for the publicIt’s not Boris Johnson’s contempt of Parliament that most worries Tory MPs, it’s his contempt for the public ✒️ paulwaugh for ipaperviews
Read more »
Boris Johnson hearing live: Johnson hits out at committee chair after 'hand on heart' defence'People who say that that event was a purely social gathering are quite wrong' - Former PM, Boris Johnson on garden gathering in May 2020. 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
Read more »
Boris Johnson hearing live: Johnson offers 'hand on heart' defence at heated partygate sessionBoris Johnson answers three hours of questions from MPs on the privileges committee - they will now decide in the coming weeks whether he deliberately or recklessly misled parliament with a claim he did not break lockdown rules.
Read more »
Boris Johnson hearing - latest: Johnson offers 'hand on heart' defence at heated partygate sessionBoris Johnson answers three hours of questions from MPs on the privileges committee - they will now decide in the coming weeks whether he deliberately or recklessly misled parliament with a claim he did not break lockdown rules.
Read more »
Boris Johnson comeback would badly damage Tory party's election chances, polling expert saysTory peer Lord Hayward said the party had marginally improved its poll ratings under Sunak and that bringing back Johnson as leader would seem like an 'utter joke' to voters
Read more »
Newspaper headlines: 'Rotten Met' and 'trial of Boris Johnson begins'Tuesday's papers lead with the Met Police being deemed 'institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic'.
Read more »