22nd March, the Commons Privileges Comittee investigation into Partygate

[DuncinToffee]

Live on BBC Parliament 2-6pm

Some background information

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62009458

https://news.sky.com/story/partygate-inquiry-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-investigation-into-boris-johnson-12805474

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/privileges-committee-investigation-boris-johnson

He won't be thrown out (at least not today).

Committee have to agree their findings and submit report and recommendations to Parliament who will then vote on it.
Not likely to happen before May elections.

It wasn't just me. All the civil servants and Rishi are guilty too. I mean not guilty too.

Yes, deffo not until after May elections so as not to influence ho hum

He can be as angry and belligerent as he likes, I am waiting for the questions. It's very different giving a long prepared statement in conjunction with your very expensive lawyer and his team.... and answering questions from the Committee

You can pick it up LIvE on the BBC app

Thank you so much!

Sorry I was trying to reply to someone asking for a link !

Good point. They were hardly publicity shots were they? That would've gone down well when members of the public couldn't even go to a funeral of a loved one.

We only saw the pics in the SG report

David Allen Green

The division bells interrupted Johnson just as he was getting into his oratorical stride.

So far, Johnson is playing to the gallery rather than engaging with the committee.

This speech is for outside consumption rather than an exercise in persuasion, or offering assistance.

'Hand on heart' he said.

He hasn't got a heart.

More like 'hand on empty chest cavity'.

Here you all are. Thank you so much @DuncinToffee . I'm so pleased you are all here talking about thus because I suspect I'll need support watching this. 😁

I absolutely agree with David Allen Green tweet

apparently, we have accused him of lying accidently, and we didn't mean it

Deflect, deflect, deflect

What a twat he is

Telling them off. And trying to change the terms from guidance to rules

I hate him

I can't believe what he is saying.

Almost that it was too complicated for him and his advisors to understand. How the hell was the public supposed to understand then?

He is basically slagging off the whole Committee and the procedures attached to it.
Surely that is not a good idea....

"Much of this interrogation is irrelevant, but I want to help you with your job" whilst looking at Harriet Harman

Patronising git

Now he is going on about No. 10 and 11 being a 'cramped townhouse'

I don't know how Harriet is keeping her mouth shut.

O dear, he had to work long hours in cramped conditions, unlike anyone else in the whole country

yes, schools and hospitals are known for their spacious buildings Twat

His 'defence' that if he was deliberately lying then lots of other people must be lying and it's unfair that they aren't being given the chance to speak is irrelevant. They didn't stand up in Parliament (as PM) and lie.

"I will believe till the day I die that it was my job to thank colleagues for what they've done"

And what about other people leaving ?

He is lying lying lying lying.

Whilst throwing anyone he can think of, under the bus

Do we need to know about his salad

He really is the biggest bell end twat.

What he is essentially saying is
"We made the rules/guidance, we told everyone to follow them. Then we decided to follow our own interpretation of the rules. And I am right "

Thanking colleagues via zoom was perfectly fine.

This is just awful

My believe, on repeat

I am surprised he not literally spitting out his words

o, none of the rest of us were dealing with omicron....