Britain's House of Commons is likely Monday to endorse a report that found Boris Johnson lied to lawmakers about lockdown-flouting parties in his office, a humiliating censure that would strip the former prime minister of his lifetime access to Parliament.
Lawmakers will debate a report by the Privileges Committee that found Johnson in contempt of Parliament, and are expected to approve its findings. It's unclear whether there will be a formal vote or whether the report will be approved by acclamation.Johnson responded with fury to the report, branding its conclusions "deranged" and accusing its members of "a protracted political assassination.
Johnson, on his 59th birthday, won't be there. He stepped down as prime minister in September 2022 but remained a lawmaker until June 9, when he quit after receiving notice of the privileges committee's findings. Memories were revived this week by the Sunday Mirror newspaper's publication of video showing staffers drinking and dancing at an event at Conservative Party headquarters in December 2020, when people from different households were banned from mixing indoors.
The panel -- made up of four Conservatives and three opposition legislators -- said Johnson compounded the offence with his attacks on the committee, which he called a "kangaroo court" engaged in a "witch hunt." While some Conservatives still laud Johnson as the charismatic populist who led the party to a landslide victory in 2019, others recall how his government became so consumed by scandals that he was forced out by his own party less than three years later.
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