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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan & Ben Glaze

8 bombshells in Privileges Committee report into Boris Johnson's Partygate lies

Boris Johnson's shameless Partygate denials would have led to a 90-day suspension from Parliament if he hadn't quit in fury last week, a bombshell new report has said.

The Commons Privileges Committee, which is made up of four Tories, two Labour MPs, and one from the SNP, found the ex-Prime Minister misled the House in five ways over lockdown boozing and committed multiple contempts of Parliament.

Mr Johnson spoke about Covid rule-breaking in No10 more than 30 times, particularly on December 1 and 8, 2021 and May 25, 2022, where he repeatedly said rules were followed "completely" and "at all times".

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