Latest updates: Brandon Lewis, the Northern Ireland secretary, had said the PM’s fine for breaking lockdown rules was akin to parking ticket
The Labour motion for debate on Thursday will call for a privileges committee inquiry into claims Boris Johnson deliberately misled MPs about Partygate, my colleague Aubrey Allegretti reports. It will not be a motion just stating that that Johnson did lie, and was in contempt of parliament. Phrasing the motion like this makes it sound less objectionable, and theoretically increases the chances of Conservative MPs supporting it - or at least not voting against it.
But the government is expected to treat as equivalent to a confidence motion in Boris Johnson, and so the opposition has almost no chance of winnning. There will, however, be a lot of interest in how many MPs abstain, and whether any Conservatives vote with the opposition. One MP who won’t be voting will be Johnson himself. He will be in India on Thursday, and having the debate on Thursday, rather than tomorrow, will be a bonus for the government.
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