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Ancient and modern

Justice for Boris, ancient-style

5 November 2022

9:00 AM

5 November 2022

9:00 AM

Did Boris Johnson lie to the House about partygate? The Privileges Committee decided to investigate, but refused to take Mr Johnson’s ‘intention’ into account. However, Lord Pannick QC (now KC) has since claimed that ignoring ‘intention’ would be ‘unlawful’ in determining whether there had been a violation. The Committee disagrees.

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