After all the bluster and defiance Boris Johnson was humiliated by Parliament’s vote on Privileges Committee.
The Commons voted to accept the report on the conduct of former prime minister Boris Johnson during Partygate.
It was a resounding result, with 354 MPs voting to approve, while just seven voted against.
A total of 118 Conservatives voted for the report, while 225 abstained.
Parliament’s vote on Privileges Committee
PM Rishi Sunak didn’t attend the debate or the subsequent vote, along with many other Conservatives including Johnson’s biggest fan….Nadine Dorries.
Pippa Cre tweeted: “It means if he’d still been an MP he’d have been suspended for 90 days – and since he isn’t he won’t get an ex-MPs pass for the Westminster estate.”
Any support?
Chris Bryant listed the magic gang who have stuck up for the former PM at vote.
However, some of Boris Johnson’s allies boycotted the vote.
This move that was widely seen as a tactic to avoid showing how weak support for him in the Conservative parliamentary party has become.
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, who was recently knighted in Boris Johnson’s controversial resignation honours list, said the fixed-penalty notice Boris Johnson received for attending the birthday gathering was not a “conviction” or “admission of guilt”. The report “decides to impute a stain on his character”, Rees-Mogg continued.
Theresa May last laugh?
Theresa May, praised the committee for its “rigorous” report.
“It is not easy to sit in judgment on friends and colleagues,” she said, “but friendship, working together, should not get in the way of doing what is right.
“I commend the members of the privileges committee for their painstaking work, and for their dignity in the face of slurs on their integrity. To all the members of the committee, this House should… say thank you for your service.”
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