Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson committed “repeated contempts” of Parliament that merited a 90-day suspension, a cross-party committee of MPs has concluded.
In its final report on the Partygate scandal, published on Thursday, the House of Commons Privileges Committee said, “If Mr. Johnson were still a member he should be suspended from the service of the House for 90 days for repeated contempt and for seeking to undermine the parliamentary process.”
In addition to deliberately misleading Parliament over illegal parties held in Downing Street during COVID-19 lockdowns, Johnson has also been found guilty of attempting to undermine the democratic process and being “complicit in the campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation of the committee.”…