Thursday, February 10, 2022

Boris Johnson Broke the Law over Parties, Says Sir John Major

THE TIMES: Tory grandee lambasts ‘shifty’ government in wide-ranging attack

Sir John Major said that the prime minister broke lockdown rules and had to be ousted if he lied to parliament | DOMINIC LIPINSKI/PA

Boris Johnson “broke lockdown laws” and then sent his ministers out to “defend the indefensible”, Sir John Major claimed today as he launched a stinging attack on the prime minister’s integrity.

In a speech in London, the former prime minister said that Johnson had made the government “look distinctly shifty” and had eroded public trust in British democracy that “cannot be brushed aside”.

He suggested that if Johnson was fined by police for breaking lockdown rules he must resign or Tory MPs must remove him from office. » |Oliver Wright, Policy Editor | Steven Swinford | Thursday, February 10, 2022

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