The House of Commons probe into whether Boris Johnson misled parliament over partygate has access to the guest list for the so-called “Abba party” allegedly hosted by Carrie Johnson, theipaper understands 🔴 Exclusive from janemerrick23
She wrote that it was not “appropriate or proportionate” to investigate further into the “Abba party” because the police had not fined anyone who attended.
It is understood that Mr Johnson is standing by the legal opinion obtained by Downing Street when he was still prime minister last summer, that the committee’s inquiry is itself “unlawful”. In a separate development, Mr Johnson has insisted he will fight to retain his Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat, which he held in 2019 with a 7,210 majority, despite reports claiming that he could askDuring his visit to Scotland yesterday, Mr Sunak said: “I think the former prime minister has declared his intention to stand in his current seat in Uxbridge.”
Mr Sunak did not offer any specific comment on the donation from Christopher Harborne to the Office of Boris Johnson Ltd, recorded in the latest update to the MPs’ Register of Interests.
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