UK lawmakers back report slamming ex-PM over partygate

1 year ago

Britain’s House of Commons has resoundingly endorsed a report that found Boris Johnson lied to lawmakers about lockdown-flouting parties in his office, a humiliating censure that strips the former prime minister of his lifetime access to Parliament. Lawmakers on Monday backed the finding that Johnson was in contempt of Parliament by 354 votes to 7, after a debate in which many