UK lawmakers set to punish ex-PM Johnson for ‘Partygate lies’

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British MPs vote Monday on a damning report that found ex-prime minister Boris Johnson deliberately lied to parliament about lockdown-breaking parties, in what the government hopes will be the final chapter in the damaging “Partygate” scandal. | AFP

But he was forced to quit as prime minister last July due to Partygate and a string of other scandals.

Even as the vote looked set to draw a line under the Partygate scandal, another video emerged Sunday of Tory party officials partying in December 2020 during lockdown. Johnson has reportedly privately urged supporters not to vote against the report, arguing the sanctions have no practical effect. “His undimmed ebullience and joie de vivre, with a renewed sympathy from the electorate, many of whom think the privilege committee over-egged its pudding, leave him as a powerful force in politics,” he added.Liz Truss, who briefly succeeded Johnson as prime minister last September, said on Thursday she would “never, ever, ever write Boris off”.

 

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