Boris Johnson has gone “full Trump” in his response to an inquiry investigating whether he lied to parliament over Partygate, some of his own MPs have warned.
Support for the former Prime Minister is falling as he and his allies questioned the Commons Privileges Committee probe into whether he knowingly misled MPs about what he knew about No10 bashes during lockdown.
They likened Mr Johnson to former US President Donald Trump, whose presidency was dogged by lies and conspiracy theories.