Senior Tory likens criticism of Partygate inquiry to ‘terrorist campaign’

Bernard Jenkin (top left) responds to Boris Johnson's statement to MPs in the Commons in January on the Sue Gray report into Partygate. Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA

A senior Conservative MP sitting on the inquiry into whether Boris Johnson misled parliament over the Partygate scandal has denounced the “terrorist campaign” to discredit the committee examining the prime minister’s conduct.

Sir Bernard Jenkin, a member of the privileges committee, said the inquiry into Johnson would be continuing, despite a barrage of complaints from Johnson’s political and media allies about the investigation.