“Their purpose from the beginning has been to find me guilty, regardless of the facts. This is the very definition of a kangaroo court,” said former UK prime minister Boris Johnson.
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is quitting parliament, claiming to have been the victim of an anti-Brexit witch hunt after receiving the findings of an investigationover the string of parties held at Number 10 during COVID lockdowns.
Johnson, who was ousted by his own MPs last year – in part due to the scandal, dubbed Partygate – said he was sad to be “leaving parliament – at least for now”.“I have received a letter from the Privileges Committee making it clear – much to my amazement – that they are determined to use the proceedings against me to drive me out of parliament,” Johnson said in a statement released on Friday evening local time.
“I am bewildered and appalled that I can be forced out, anti-democratically, by a committee chaired and managed by Harriet Harman, with such egregious bias,” he said. “Their purpose from the beginning has been to find me guilty, regardless of the facts. This is the very definition of a kangaroo court.“There is a witch hunt underway, to take revenge for Brexit and ultimately to reverse the 2016 referendum result.”
The report of the findings from the House of Commons’ Privileges Committee chaired by Labour MP Harriet Harman has not been made public.that the committee had recommended Johnson be suspended from parliament for 10 days, which would trigger a byelection.
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