are unhappy with. but had boris johnson stuck around, he would be facing, likely, if there was a recall petition, evoked by his own constituency. voters would have had a say. he has power chosen to go now rather than face that audience. there are some poll suggesting he could have held onto a if he did. there is now a situation where boris runs is leaving parliament, and lots of mps are saying, is this the end of mps are saying, is this the end of borisjohnson? i don t think this report answers the question either way. borisjohnson is s most hard core supporters have never trusted the inquiry from the beginning. i don t think from reading this report they re going to change their mind. the question is if weather borisjohnson is banned from the house of commons, can you start to see his supporters, which we are starting to see little signs of, coming up with this betrayal narrative, that people do not like borisjohnson from narrative, that people do not like boris johnson from the narra
calling out one of its members as being a hypocrite, referencing a guido fawkes article saying he attended parties during lockdown. i am in no position to comment on his allegations because i know absolutely nothing about them. horn absolutely nothing about them. how serious would absolutely nothing about them. how serious would that be? would that have any bearing on the case? i don t think it would have any bearing on the result. this is a unanimous decision of this committee and this is an allegation which he is making against one member of the committee. the committee i might add which has an in built government majority. brute which has an in-built government ma ori . ~ ., ., ., majority. we are eager to get your thou:hts, majority. we are eager to get your thoughts, thank majority. we are eager to get your thoughts, thank you majority. we are eager to get your thoughts, thank you for majority. we are eager to get your thoughts, thank you forjoining i majority. we are eage
justify work gatherings, but he says, i am justify work gatherings, but he says, iam innocent, iwas justify work gatherings, but he says, i am innocent, i was acting innocently. it does not get him off the hook about the lies he told the commons because the lies, he was being put on the spot and asked specific questions, then he blames the committee, he goes for people who used to be his political allies, he says they are biased. no evidence the committee has been biased against him. the bias that comes in, the result, it is the result of his own actions. his the result, it is the result of his own actions- the result, it is the result of his own actions. , . ., , , , own actions. his defence was, yes, he may have own actions. his defence was, yes, he may have misled own actions. his defence was, yes, he may have misled parliament i own actions. his defence was, yes, j he may have misled parliament but own actions. his defence was, yes, i he may have misled parliament but it not d
find the detail of that elsewhere in the report. reaching confidence will up i think we can probably assume at this stage that it may well relate to borisjohnson s statements about the statements of this inquiry and the attempts to undermine its work. also impugning the committee and thereby undermining the democratic process of the house. finally, being complicit in the campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation of the committee. the end by saying, in view of the fact that mrjohnson is no longer a member, we recommend that he should not be granted a former member s pass. that is a further very severe sanction. it is normal for mp5, further very severe sanction. it is normalfor mps, even when further very severe sanction. it is normal for mp5, even when they lose the house of commons, lose their seat or retire from politics, to keep a pass, to be able to visit parliament, to go about the parliamentary estate as they choose. it is not a privilege for a life that former mps usually
the procedures, he also attacks on very strong and vitriolic terms, they say, the integrity, honesty and honour of its members. he stated that the committee had forced him out and he democratically. this attack on a committee carrying out its remit from the democratically elected house itself amounts to an attack on our democratic institutions. strong words from the committee. we consider that these statements are completely unacceptable. in a review, this conduct, together with the egregious breach of confidentiality is a serious father contempt. that passage highlighting not only has the committee found that boris johnson deliberately misled parliament, we will see in detail elsewhere in the report, i think, but here his statements upon his resignation as an mp were an example of further contempt.