[UK] Boris Johnson steps down as MP with immediate effect

[Vorastra]

I've been forced out over Partygate report, says Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson is to step down as an MP but insists that "I did not lie" over Covid lockdowns.

www.bbc.com

Boris Johnson is to step down as an MP with immediate effect after receiving the Partygate report.

That report was produced by the MP-led Privileges Committee which was looking into whether he misled Parliament.
Mr Johnson accused the Commons inquiry of attempting to "drive me out".
In a statement he said: "They have still not produced a shred of evidence that I knowingly or recklessly misled the Commons."

This is breaking news, and thus not much has been released as of this post.

 

[Vorastra]

Boris Johnson's full statement.

BREAKING: Boris Johnson Standing Down as MP With Immediate Effect

Read Boris's full statement below: I have received a letter from the Privileges Committee making it clear - much to my amazement -that they are determined

order-order.com

 

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

Is he eloping with the other Tory MP who resigned today and is also forcing a by-election?

 

[RanzB]

In a statement he said: "They have still not produced a shred of evidence that I knowingly or recklessly misled the Commons."
In evidence given to the committee in March, Mr Johnson admitted misleading Parliament, but denied doing it on purpose.

Lmao. Conservatives are really something else.

 

[Enby Panda]

You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

 

[Vorastra]

Panel investigating Boris Johnson set to conclude that he deliberately lied to MPs over partygate

In a report expected to be hard-hitting, the committee is believed to have found that Mr Johnson not only made recklessly inaccurate statements in the Commons but also deliberately lied to MPs.

news.sky.com

 

[konfab]

BJ deserves all of this for falling for the covid scam.

 

[Vorastra]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1669258185692045312

 

[Sinbad]

They've roasted him. 90 day suspension is unprecedented.

 

[notinterested]

A leader resigning for being linked to something controversial. Just first world things.

 

[Sinbad]

A leader resigning for being linked to something controversial. Just first world things.

No he resigned to avoid facing the consequences. Slightly different narrative. He's a coward and a bully. Bojo would not be out of place in the anc.

 

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

So now it has been revealed that one of the MPs sitting on the committee had his own party during lockdown. Awkward.

 

[Sinbad]

So now it has been revealed that one of the MPs sitting on the committee had his own party during lockdown. Awkward.

Whataboutism in full flow..
The censure is not for the parties, it's for lying in parliament and for maligning the privileges committee

 

[Vorastra]

Lawmakers in the House of Commons voted by 354 to 7 to endorse the privileges committee’s report, which concluded the former leader should have his parliamentary pass revoked, and had he not already quit, it would have recommended a 90-day suspension from parliament.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1670898023629553667

 

[Vorastra]

That's a devastating vote.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1670897653557653505

 

[Creag]

BREAKING: MPs have voted 354 to 7 that Boris Johnson lied to Parliament about lying to the British public about breaking his own covid lockdown rules. 'Team Boris' is reduced to just seven people. His humiliation is complete.

Yikes. Curious to know how they censure. More curious what the censure would have been if he were still PM.

 

[Sinbad]

Yikes. Curious to know how they censure. More curious what the censure would have been if he were still PM.

No censure likely.
If he'd not resigned he'd be suspended from parliament for likely 90 days resulting in him effectively bring fired as an MP and thus pm

 

[Vorastra]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1676950528407007232

 

[Priapus]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1676950528407007232

To what end?
He lied. Move on I guess?

 

[Vorastra]

To what end?
He lied. Move on I guess?

To further destroy him politically.