Former Prime Minster Boris Johnson has announced that he is standing
down as an MP, with immediate effect.
Here is his statement in (less than) full:
I have received a letter from the Privileges Committee making it clear -
much to my amazement - that they are determined to use the proceedings
against me to drive me out of Parliament.
They have still not produced a shred of evidence that I knowingly or
recklessly misled the Commons.
Their purpose from the beginning has been to find me guilty, regardless
of the facts. This is the very definition of a kangaroo court.
It was the faith in the impartiality of our systems that led me to
commission Sue Gray. It is clear that my faith has been misplaced. Of
course, it suits the Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats and the SNP to
do whatever they can to remove me from Parliament.
Sadly, as we saw in July last year, there are currently some Tory MPs
who share that view. I am not alone in thinking that there is a witch
hunt under way, to take revenge for Brexit and ultimately to reverse the
2016 referendum result.
The Committee's report is riddled with inaccuracies and reeks of
prejudice, but under their absurd and unjust process, I have no formal
ability to challenge anything they say.
It is very sad to be leaving Parliament - at least for now - but above
all, I am bewildered and appalled that I can be forced out, anti-democratically, by a committee chaired and managed, by Harriet
Harman, with such egregious bias.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-65863336
Witch hunts are cool.
--
"And off they went, from here to there,
The bear, the bear, and the maiden fair"
-- Traditional
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)