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Back to homepage / Europe Britain's parliament delivered another blow to the political career of former prime minister Boris Johnson on Monday when it endorsed a report that concluded that he deliberately lied over rule-breaking parties. Issued on: 20/06/2023 - 04:12 2 min 01:40 File photo: British Prime Minister Boris…

British MPs have voted overwhelmingly to back a damning report that found former prime minister Boris Johnson lied to parliament with his partygate denials...Read More

M Ps voted by 354 to seven to accept a report finding Boris Johnson deliberately misled the House of Commons over Partygate. The vote means Mr Johnson, ousted as Prime Minister by his own party less than a year ago, will not be allowed a pass to visit the parliamentary…

Boris Johnson's political enemies united in a bid to end his political career last night as they rubber-stamped a report condemning his conduct over Partygate. MPs voted to approve the Commons privileges committee findings by 354 votes to 7 – a majority of 347. During a fractious debate prior to…

Rishi Sunak was branded weak for not showing up to vote on the report, while the Tories who did laid into former Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the string of Partygate lies Just seven MPs voted in Boris' favour in the Commons this evening (Image: Jeremy Selwyn) Boris Johnson was…

Rishi Sunak failed to turn up to the vote on the Partygate report in the Commons tonight, which saw Boris Johnson face a crushing defeat from MPs marking the former PM's spectacular downfall History will remember the five UK Conservative Prime Ministers since 2010 as arguably our most inept series…

The House of Commons has voted to back a report saying Boris Johnson misled MPs over parties held during lockdown at Downing Street. MPs voted in favour of the report, which was written up by the Privileges Committee, by 354 votes to seven. It recommended the former prime minister be…

1687184154Tory civil war set to escalate amid Partygate debate Rishi Sunak’s hopes of defusing a Tory civil war over the Privileges Committee report look set to be dashed today when a series of Conservative MPs will make clear their intention to back the 90-day suspension of Boris Johnson. The Levelling…

10:36PM That's all for today... Thank you for joining me on a dramatic day in Westminster as MPs overwhelmingly voted in favour of the privileges committee’s decision to heavily punish Boris Johnson over partygate. While Mr Johnson quit as an MP before the recommended 90-day suspension could receive the green…

There is a Jamaican nugget of wisdom: “If yu cyaan ’ear, yu mus’ feel.” It translates to “those that don’t hear must feel”: in other words, if you fail to learn from caution you end up learning from consequence. Had Britain “heard” the screams of caution from Black people about…