Somehow a Tory Lord links Brexit to Johnson’s guilt and Jacob Rees-Mogg makes a statement so bizarre it is beyond comprehension.
It comes as the privileges committee said, if Boris Johnson were still an MP (he jumped before he was pushed) it would recommend a suspension for 90 days.
They had planned to set the suspension for more than 10 sitting days, enough to trigger the recall election process.
However, it vastly increased the hypothetical punishment in the light of his statement on Friday night, attacking the committee and its draft findings, which itself was “a very serious contempt”.
The Tory Lord links Brexit to Johnson, is he right?
Tory Lord links Brexit to Johnson
Tory Lord Jackson does a Trump. He called it a kangaroo court and said: “This is revenge for Brexit dressed up as a judicial process.”
In response, Good Law Project’s Ellie Mae O’Hagan dismissed Lord Jackson’s claim and said: “I really don’t like being rude to fellow guests, but you sound crackers.”
Simon Clarke isn’t happy either, he tweeted: “I am amazed at the harshness of today’s report by the Privileges Committee. I believed Boris before and I believe him today. This punishment is absolutely extraordinary to the point of sheer vindictiveness, and I will vote against this report on Monday.”
Brendan Clarke-Smith wrote: “I am appalled at what I have read and the spiteful, vindictive and overreaching conclusions of the report. I won’t be supporting the recommendations and will be speaking against them both publicly and in the House on Monday. I’m backing fairness and justice – not kangaroo courts.”
Rees-Mogg shared the angry post and added: “When Parliament stands upon its dignity it often ends up looking foolish. The Privileges Committee report is a case in point.”
This is simply nutty!
Otto English followed up with: “If you found a Labour politician who had never made a comment about Boris Johnson they’d either have to have been dead or spending a sabbatical living on Planet Unicorn…
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