Do you think Boris should step down as MP after Partygate grilling?

20 March 2023 , 11:17

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BoJo continues to insist that he never knowingly misled the Commons over Partygate. (Image: Jonathan Brady/PA WIRE/Getty)

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has refused to accept any fault during a televised Partygate grilling over whether he intentionally misled Parliament.

He claimed the much-lambasted boozy leaving do was 'necessary', and remains defiant that no lockdown rules were broken.

Yet many don't see it that way, with families who lost loved ones from Covid urging him to step down as MP.

A flustered Boris was grilled by the Parliamentary Privileges Committee, and could be suspended if he is found to have misled the Commons over Partygate.

But do YOU think he should call it a day as MP?

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Earlier this month, the committee said evidence 'strongly suggests' that Covid breaches would have been 'obvious' to Mr Johnson, who told the Commons in 2021 that all guidance was 'followed completely'.

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BoJo, who has represented Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015, insists that he never knowingly misled parliament.

Becky Kummer, who lost her father Peter to the virus, said: "It’s obvious that Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament and he should therefore resign as an MP. Far worse, though, are the lies he told to families like mine, after failing to protect our loved ones."

Becky, who represents campaign group Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice, said: "The disrespect the Prime Minister showed us, both in breaking those rules himself and then lying to our faces about it, is something we’ll never forgive.

The seven-strong cross-party committee will rule on whether Mr Johnson committed a contempt of parliament, and issue a recommendation on whether he should be suspended.

Paul Speed