"It is of course true that my statements to Parliament that the Rules and Guidance had been followed at all times did not turn out to be correct, and I take this
opportunity to apologise to the House for that.
That is clear from the findings in the Sue Gray report, and the result of the Metropolitan Police investigation, which I accept. "
(That is an admission that he did not correct the record when able in the House - as far as I read it)
1/ Could be a significant few weeks ahead
- DUP and likely ERG will vote against Windsor Framework
- a relaunch of ReformUK asking Tories to join them
- Partygate the gift that keeps on giving
- Polls that show Tories flailing whatever they announce #ToriesOut256#SunakOut147
2/ - Johnson guilty verdict likely
- Local elections May 4th
- Increasing splits in the Tories
Take all of that together - especially Reform aiming to wipe the Tories out and you have a situation where some who think it likely to lose their seats could defect
3/ If they think all is lost, that Brexit is not as they wished, Budget has not worked in their favour, Johnson is facing suspension and there is wipeout on ay 4th it is feasible a number will choose to jump ship.
Boris Johnson’s ‘bombshell’ that will ‘exonerate him from partygate’
PM set to unleash ‘defence dossier’ that will he believes will debunk claims he deliberately misled Parliament, say allies #ToriesOUT254#SunakOut145
Boris Johnson is preparing to unveil “bombshell” evidence that he believes will exonerate him over partygate, according to his allies.
Ahead of a grilling by the House of Commons privileges committee on Wednesday, the former prime minister’s legal team is finalising its defence
to claims that he knowingly and deliberately misled MPs about lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street.
His “bombshell defence dossier”, as his friends call it, will include messages from Mr Johnson’s advisers sent shortly before he spoke in Parliament advising him
Dominic Raab
"“Anyone involved in the inquiry who is commenting to the media anonymously or otherwise is breaching the rules and as a matter of basic professional integrity, I’m not going to do that,”
Change of behaviour..... #ToriesOut253#SunakOut144 belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/raab-i…
A leaked cache of government messages has revealed how Simon Case, the current head of the Civil Service, said to Matt Hancock the public needed to be told to isolate by “trusted local figures, not nationally distrusted figures like the PM”. #ToriesOut241 telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/0…
The description of Mr Johnson is likely to be embarrassing for the Cabinet Secretary and potentially the former prime minister, whose character is being questioned - and who appointed Mr Case to his position. #ToriesOut241#SunakOut132#GeneralElectionNow #EnoughIsEnough
The conversation between the then health secretary and Mr Case took place on Oct 30 2020, as the Government was expanding its testing capability.