BORRIS FUTURE IN QUESTION Former Prime Minister giving evidence to MPs today
Boris Johnson’s future is in the balance as he is giving evidence to MPs investigating whether he misled parliament over partygate denials.
The former prime minister is apearing before the cross-party privileges committee started at 2pm on Wednesday for a session of questioning that is due to last four hours – but could be longer.
All seven committee members, led by Labour veteran Harriet Harman, will use Mr Johnson’s appearance to determine if he deliberately misled the Commons when he told MPs no COVID rules or guidance had been broken.
An interim report published earlier this month, at the request of Mr Johnson’s lawyers, said the evidence the committee had gathered “strongly suggests” it would have been “obvious” to Mr Johnson COVID rules were being breached at Downing Street gatherings he attended.
