Row over breaching of lockdown rules rumbles on as PM begins two-day visit to discuss trade and security
Boris Johnson has insisted MPs should wait for the “full facts” before deciding whether to trigger a fresh investigation into Partygate, as he kicked off a two-day trip to India., on his first visit to the country since becoming prime minister in 2019. He landed in Ahmedabad and was greeted warmly with multiple bunches of roses. The road into the city centre was lined with billboards featuring large photographs of Johnson.
“I’m very keen for every possible form of scrutiny and the House of Commons can do whatever it wants to do. But all I would say is I don’t think that should happen until the investigation is completed,” the prime minister said. Instead, Johnson stressed the importance of securing a free trade deal with India, hinting that the UK might be prepared to relax its immigration regime in order to do so.
Boris Johnson speaks to workers at a JCB factory in Vadodara, Gujarat, owned by the Tory donor Lord Bamford.A cabinet minister denied that the move to delay the parliamentary investigation into whether Johnson misled parliament with his repeated denials of Covid law-breaking was a cover-up. Zahawi added: “Most of my colleagues who are fair-minded, who believe in due process, will vote for the amendment because it is the right thing to do.”
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