MPs’ Partygate report paints compelling picture of an attempted cover-up

Boris Johnson in fightback mode after publication of interim report but he is in an increasingly weak position

There are more photos of Boris Johnson flanked by bottles of wine, new WhatsApp messages between No 10 aides worrying about a leak of “the PM having a piss-up”, and details of the government’s resistance to handing over Partygate evidence.

A new interim report from the privileges committee paints a compelling picture of an attempted cover-up by Downing Street, almost a year after the police issued penalties for criminal breaches of the law during the Partygate scandal.