Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson is stepping down as a member of parliament with immediate effect, triggering a by-election in his marginal seat. 7NEWS
“I am being forced out by a tiny handful of people, with no evidence to back up their assertions, and without approval even of Conservative party members let alone the wider electorate.”Credit:Parliament’s privileges committee could have recommended that Johnson be suspended from parliament for more than 10 days if they were to find he did mislead parliament recklessly or deliberately, potentially triggering an election for his seat.
Johnson, whose premiership was cut short in part by anger in his own party and across the UK over COVID-19 rule-breaking lockdown parties in his Downing Street office and residence, accused the committee of acting of being the “very definition of a kangaroo court”. “In retrospect it was naive and trusting of me to think that these proceedings could be remotely useful or fair.”
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