Partygate: Boris Johnson to Be Investigated Over Alleged Contempt of Parliament

Partygate: Boris Johnson to Be Investigated Over Alleged Contempt of Parliament
Prime Minister Boris Johnson arriving for a Service of Thanksgiving for the life of the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London on March 29, 2022. Kirsty O’Connor/PA
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A third investigation will be launched in relation to lockdown-breaching gatherings in the center of the UK government as MPs voted to refer Prime Minister Boris Johnson to a parliamentary committee on Thursday.

The motion, proposed by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and six other opposition parliamentary party leaders, asked the House of Common to note that some of Johnson’s assertions in the House on the party allegations “appear to amount to misleading the House,” and to refer the matter to the Committee of Privileges so it can consider whether Johnson’s conduct amounted to a contempt of the House.

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