Chris Heaton-Harris has offered a staunch defence of the former British prime minister.
NORTHERN IRELAND SECRETARY Chris Heaton-Harris has said Boris Johnson did not knowingly mislead Parliament over ‘partygate’.
Speaking on Sophy Ridge On Sunday on Sky News, he said Johnson is “100%” a man of integrity, adding: “I do not believe for one second Boris knowingly misled Parliament.“In this country, you’re innocent until you’re proven guilty. I’m absolutely convinced Boris did not knowingly mislead Parliament.”He later repeated his defence on the Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme, but was pressed on whether this is the official Government line.
According to the written evidence in the committee’s interim report, Johnson remarked that a mid-pandemic leaving party in No 10 was “probably the most unsocially distanced gathering in the UK right now”. “There is evidence that those who were advising Mr Johnson about what to say to the press and in the House were themselves struggling to contend that some gatherings were within the rules.”
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