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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Deputy political editor

‘Poisoned chalice’: senior Tories sought for place on committee judging PM

Boris Johnson
The committee’s decision could lead to Boris Johnson’s resignation if he is found to have knowingly misled the Commons. Photograph: Rob Pinney/AP

Experienced Tory MPs with a “neutral” attitude to Boris Johnson are being sought to sit on the committee judging whether he misled parliament over Partygate, following concerns that its current membership is too aligned to the government.

Johnson is facing an investigation by the privileges committee into whether he lied to the Commons when he said he did not know about any parties in Downing Street during lockdown.

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