Partygate report to make Boris a 'martyr', allies say, as ex-PM demands top Tory MP on Privileges Committee resigns
- who this week resigned as an MP after finding out the Committee's findings - said the MP must resign.In a statement, the former prime minister said: "Bernard Jenkin has just voted to expel me from Parliament for allegedly trying to conceal from Parliament my knowledge of illicit events.
"To borrow the language of the committee, if this is the case, he 'must have known' he was in breach of the rules. Indoor mixing was banned and the rule of six was in place outside, and bars and pubs could only serve alcohol alongside "substantial" meals.'Boris Johnson - an incontinent Labrador, weeing and pooing all over the place': James O'Brien takes aim at the ex-PM'They have no excuse for delay': Boris Johnson calls on Privileges Committee to publish 'nonsense' report
But the former Tory MP has been highly critical of the committee and its members, labelling it a "kangaroo court".A by-election in his former Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency will now take place.
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