Deliberately misled the committee itself, that he breached the confidence of the committee. that is racing to the statements he made when he resigned as an mp last week having seen the draft of the findings. he impugned the committee and undermined the democratic process and was complicit in a campaign ofabuse process and was complicit in a campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation of the committee itself. so, let s take one of those, the central finding itself but the committee set up to establish, that is where the borisjohnson deliberately misled mps. have a look at the language they use any evidence found, which they say supports that. they talk about his repeated and denials of the facts. also, the frequency with which he closed his mind is those facts. and, to which is obvious. they said that the only conclusion to be drawn is that he deliberately closed his mind. the fact that he sought to rewrite the meaning of the rules and guidance in place at the time to fit his own evide
Like, it is a report of two halves. one half like, it is a report of two halves. one half is like, it is a report of two halves. one half is looking at the issue that 0ne half is looking at the issue that has one half is looking at the issue that has been investigated for months. that has been investigated for months, did borisjohnson mislead parliament. was it deliberate, knowingly, orwas parliament. was it deliberate, knowingly, or was it recklessly misleading? they found that on that day she misleading? they found that on that day she did deliberately mislead parliament, he could not reasonably have thought that there were not parties have thought that there were not parties when he was telling parliament that there were not. but, ithink parliament that there were not. but, i think that parliament that there were not. but, i think that the more interesting thing i think that the more interesting thing in i think that the more interesting thing in some ways is the sec
Seemed attempts at denigrating. and that seemed to have persuaded them to up the sanctions from something that they say the sanctions from something that they say would have triggered a recall they say would have triggered a recall anyway, soever ten days, we don t recall anyway, soever ten days, we don t know recall anyway, soever ten days, we don t know how much over ten days, but up don t know how much over ten days, but up to don t know how much over ten days, but up to this don t know how much over ten days, but up to this 90 day sanction they have recommended, which i think it is well have recommended, which i think it is well in have recommended, which i think it is well in excess of any of the numbers is well in excess of any of the numbers talked about before. you have numbers talked about before. gm. have mentioned that those are pretty severe sanctions, much more severe than anyone expected. but, a lot of people we have been speaking to here on the bbc have
Questions, i could see members of the committee, not all of them, some of them behaved with great dignity as jurors would do of them behaved with great dignity asjurors would do in of them behaved with great dignity as jurors would do in the courts, but some of them were pulling faces, looking skywards, turning their backs on birthjohnson. and you know, justice doesn tjust have to be done, it has to be seen to be done. be done, it has to be seen to be done, ., be done, it has to be seen to be done. ., .,, ., , ., ~ done. so, that was conservative mp, michael fabricant, done. so, that was conservative mp, michael fabricant, who done. so, that was conservative mp, michael fabricant, who was - done. so, that was conservative mp, michael fabricant, who was recently| michael fabricant, who was recently on borisjohnson s honours list. but, now let s speak to senior fellow at the institute for government, a nonpartisan think tank. thank you forjoining us. there has been a day of huge reac
Deputy leader. boris johnson still deputy leader. borisjohnson still has some supporters, including in parliament. let hear now from conservative mp michael fabricant. it is quite clear how he misled parliament. what is less clear, and i have not read the evidence, is whether he knowingly misled parliament. that might sound like dancing on the head of a needle, but actually, it is quite an important point. normally, the privileges committee would look at whether someone knowingly tried to mislead parliament. he maintained, of course, that he was getting legal advice, that it was legal. i will not argue that, now. as i say, i have not read the evidence. what i am concerned about is that, a number of people have criticised others who have impugned the nature of the privileges committee. what i do want to say is that i was there when borisjohnson to say is that i was there when boris johnson gave to say is that i was there when borisjohnson gave evidence to the committee. now, that commit