It is "absolutely certain" that Prime Minister Boris Johnson will have to resign if it is found he misled the House of Commons, according to the chair of Parliament's privileges committee. Labour MP Chris Bryant made the comment after the publication of Sue Gray's report, which revealed drunken parties at 10 Downing Street during the Covid lockdowns.
Mr Johnson, who has said he will not resign as Prime Minister, is now facing an inquiry by the Commons privileges committee into whether he knowingly misled when he repeatedly told Parliament there were no parties. Mr Bryant, who has stepped aside from the inquiry because of his own public criticisms of the Prime Minister, said the committee could trigger a recall ballot in Mr Johnson’s Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency by recommending his suspension from the Commons.
He told Sky News: "They can force him to quit. I'm absolutely certain that if the privileges committee decides that the Prime Minister has misled Parliament and sends a report to the House to that effect, Boris Johnson may still try to cling on, but I would have thought that at that point every self-respecting member of the House of Commons would vote for whatever suspension is recommended by the committee.
