Johnson’s Partygate lies would have ‘contaminated’ government, MPs told

Harriet Harman says matter ‘could hardly have been of more importance’ as MPs debate report that found he misled Commons

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Boris Johnson would have “contaminated” the government with lies had he not been investigated for his Partygate denials, MPs have been told, as they debated sanctioning him for committing contempt of parliament.

In a series of scorching speeches about the former prime minister’s conduct, Conservative and opposition MPs said Johnson deserved to be censured for misleading the Commons.