parties which happened during lockdown. 0ne parties which happened during lockdown. one of his most prominent supporters though, jacob rees mogg, has been talking and there was an interesting back and forth between him and harriet harman, the chair of the privileges select committee, and this is when mr rees mogg brought up some critical comments that she had made on borisjohnson s remarks ahead of taking over, let s take a listen. i ahead of taking over, let s take a listen. ., , , listen. i wonder if she could say something listen. i wonder if she could say something of listen. i wonder if she could say something of her listen. i wonder if she could say something of her own listen. i wonder if she could say something of her own position i listen. i wonder if she could say| something of her own position in relation to the precedent set by the judicial committee of the house of lords when a decision on which lord hoffman was involved, was set aside not because he was
sirjacob rees mogg and nadine dorries are among a number of senior conservative mps accused of undermining and mounting vicious attacks on a commons committee investigating borisjohnson. he quit as an mp after the committee found he misled parliament over covid breaches at number ten. our chief political correspondent nick eardley is at westminster. some strong words from the committee, nick. some strong words from the committee, nick. f , committee, nick. and they re ust, reeta! just committee, nick. and they re ust, reeta! just take i committee, nick. and they re ust, reeta! just take few committee, nick. and they re ust, reeta! just take few weeks h committee, nick. and they re just, reeta! just take few weeks since i reeta! just take few weeks since borisjohnson quit parliament boris johnson quit parliament pre emptively, borisjohnson quit parliament pre emptively, because he knew that the committee was going to throw the book at him, but they were also furious about t
is actually very important for deciding whether or a reminder that the privileges committee recommended borisjohnson committee recommended boris johnson quit committee recommended borisjohnson quit as an mp, he labelled the report as a kangaroo court, and the select committee recommended he faced a 90 day suspension and have his parliamentary pass taken away. so the mps have been debating now since lipm, and they will or will not vote on that later this evening. i think it s fair to say that over the last couple of hours, most of the mps speaking have very much been in favour of approving that report which essentially said that boris johnson misled parliament when he made a series of statements about
access to parliament. in the house of commons later mps will get a chance to debate the report s findings, express their views though the current prime minister has refused to share his. this is a matterfor the house, is not a government matter. this committee was set up by the former prime minister, they have done their work, they have done it thoroughly and i respect them for that and now it is up to each mp to make a decision for what they want to do when the time comes. is this the end, mrjohnson? borisjohnson quit as an mp after seeing the report, calling his conclusions deranged and the committee a kangaroo court. criticisms come from his supporters too. one retweeted his view that the punishment suggested is absolutely extraordinary to the point of sheer vindictiveness. but others take a different view. this mp said he agreed with the committee s findings and the commons would do well to support it. internal party division that labour has been keen to highlight.