People in the North East have slammed Boris Johnson's "flimsy excuses" after he was grilled on live TV over whether he lied to MPs over Partygate in a hearing that will determine his future in politics.
The former PM has accepted that he misled MPs but said his comments were made "in good faith" based on what he "honestly" knew at the time. Mr Johnson was ousted from office last year after a string of scandals, faces being a potential suspension if MPs decide he deliberately misled them.
However Mr Johnson has insisted there is "no evidence at all that supports an allegation that I intentionally or recklessly misled the House". And more than 44,000 members of the public have reacted to Johnson's defence through campaign group 38 Degrees, who sent a van with a revolving selection of the questions the public wanted Boris Johnson to answer this afternoon to Westminster.
