Last night, Boris Johnson unexpectedly resigned from the House of Commons. His graceless and indignant resignation statement made clear that he blamed the Privileges Committee for his departure, arguing that he had been forced out of parliament over partygate.
The committee had written to Mr Johnson in advance of the publication of its report, outlining its proposed criticisms.
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