Prime minister declines to say whether he agrees with Tory MPs who describe privileges inquiry as biased
Good morning. Today we are expecting to see the dossier prepared byintended to show the Commons privileges committee that he did not intentionally mislead MPs about Partygate. Readers with good memories – in fact, readers with any functioning memory at all – will recall that we said much the same yesterday morning. At some point today the forecast should finally come true.has given an interview to BBC Breakfast this morning.
Asked if he agreed with the Johnson supporters who have described the inquiry in those terms, Sunak replied: That’s ultimately something for Boris Johnson and he’ll have the committee process to go through and that’s a matter for parliament. That’s not what I’m focused on. Johnson’s diehard supporters continue to argue that the process is biased against him, and that he is being tried by a kangaroo court. They are minority in the parliamentary party, but they are vocal and passionate, and their allies in the media are powerful, mainly because they are the people running papers like the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph.
MPs like Jacob Rees-Mogg have continued to attack the committee even though Penny Mordaunt, the leader of the Commons, has warned them not to interfere with the committee’s work. She wasI will post more from his interview soon. Here is my colleague Jessica Elgot’s story.
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