Boris Johnson: the verdict
Daily Politics from the New Statesman
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The End of Boris Johnson's Resignation From Parliament
I don't think there was much new in the report that we didn't already know. This has been going on so long now. And ultimately it's the constituents of Uxbridge who would decide it's political fate and he chose not to do that. So other than taking away his passes as an XMP, it's not a huge sanction, but it is a judgment. It tells us how Parliament treats rule-breaking essentially, and especially rule-breaking by Prime Minister. The most interesting thing I thought was that the kind of committee came down even harder because of how he behaved towards the committee. He seemed to show contempt for their work and how they expect Parliamentarians to conduct themselves
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