Boris Johnson has introduced he’s standing down as an MP with speedy impact.
In an announcement, the previous prime minister stated he has obtained a letter from the privileges committee about their partygate investigation and claimed they’re decided to “drive me out of parliament”.
Mr Johnson stated: “I have written to my association in Uxbridge and South Ruislip to say that I am stepping down forthwith and triggering an immediate by-election.
“I’m very sorry to depart my fantastic constituency. It has been an enormous honour to serve them, each as Mayor and MP.
“But I am proud that after what is cumulatively a 15 year stint I have helped to deliver among other things a vast new railway in the Elizabeth Line and full funding for a wonderful new state of the art hospital for Hillingdon, where enabling works have already begun.”
The cross-party privileges committee, led by Labour MP Harriet Harman, has been assessing whether or not Mr Johnson misled parliament together with his statements claiming all COVID guidelines and steerage had been adopted by Number 10 throughout lockdown gatherings.
A suspension from the Commons of 10 days or extra – if accepted by MPs – would set off a recall petition which might then end in a by-election if 10% of his constituents backed the transfer.
Mr Johnson stated the committee “have still not produced a shred of evidence that I knowingly or recklessly misled the Commons”.
“They know perfectly well that when I spoke in the Commons I was saying what I believed sincerely to be true and what I had been briefed to say, like any other minister,” he stated.
Source: information.sky.com”