Bill Maher addressed his recent firing of CAA agents over a party snub during his show, urging people to lighten up and stop obsessing over small issues. He interviewed Eric Holder, who remained optimistic about Biden's approval ratings and discussed the upcoming election. The panel discussion included Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace and Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna, with Mace's criticisms of Biden's record being deflected by Maher, who also questioned her support for Trump in light of her own experience as a rape victim.
The Metropolitan Police is reopening an investigation into breaches of Covid regulations at a Christmas party at Conservative Party HQ, following the publication of a video by the Sunday Mirror. The police will not investigate alleged gatherings at Chequers, but are now also investigating an event in Parliament involving Conservative backbencher Sir Bernard Jenkin. The Met had previously investigated the December 2020 party at Tory HQ, but is reopening the inquiry as the video had not been provided to officers. Cabinet Office officials have also handed information to police regarding potential rule-breaking at Downing Street and Chequers, but the police have concluded that the events do not meet the criteria for opening an investigation.
The UK House of Commons has endorsed a report that found former Prime Minister Boris Johnson lied to lawmakers about lockdown-flouting parties in his office, resulting in a humiliating censure that strips him of his lifetime access to Parliament. Lawmakers backed the finding that Johnson was in contempt of Parliament by 354 votes to 7, after a debate in which many argued it was crucial to show voters that politicians are obliged to follow the rules and tell the truth. Johnson's legacy is a headache for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, a fellow Conservative who took office in October with a promise to restore professionalism and integrity to government.
UK MPs will vote on a report by the Commons privileges committee that found Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over lockdown parties in No 10. The report recommends he should have been suspended from the Commons for 90 days if he had remained an MP. The vote is expected to take place on Monday evening after a debate and will be a free vote for Tory MPs. The report is expected to pass easily, but it is unclear whether a vote will be recorded, with Mr Johnson asking his allies not to vote against it.
A video obtained by the Mirror shows Conservative Party staffers drinking, dancing, and joking about bending lockdown rules at a Christmas party in December 2020. The party was held at the Conservative Campaign Headquarters in London and attended by at least 24 people, including two from Boris Johnson’s resignation honors list. The Conservative Party has acknowledged the “unauthorized social gathering” and taken disciplinary action against four staff members. The revelation comes just days after Johnson was found to have misled parliament in the “Partygate” scandal.
A parliamentary report released on Thursday found that former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson had misled fellow lawmakers over breaches in coronavirus rules on at least five occasions, acted in contempt of Parliament, and undermined the body's democratic process. The report also accused Johnson of being "deliberately disingenuous." The Privileges Committee requested that Johnson be stripped of his member's pass, a perk granted to former lawmakers that allows them to continue accessing the parliamentary estate in London's Westminster. Johnson denied the accusations and accused the committee of political bias.
An investigation by British lawmakers found that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson "deliberately misled" the House of Commons twice about a series of alcohol-fueled parties at 10 Downing Street during pandemic lockdowns. Johnson resigned from Parliament last week after seeing a draft of the committee report, which could have led to his suspension or expulsion from Westminster. The Privileges Committee recommended that Johnson be denied the Westminster pass that allows former lawmakers easy access to Parliament after they leave office. Johnson's premiership was undone by the scandal known as "Partygate."
A committee of lawmakers in the UK has found that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson "deliberately misled" Parliament about rule-breaking parties during the COVID-19 pandemic and knowingly misled the committee itself. The committee recommended that Johnson be barred from getting the pass granted to former members of Parliament that allows them privileged access to the parliamentary grounds. The entire House of Commons will now debate and vote on the committee’s findings and recommendations. Johnson angrily quit as a lawmaker last Friday after being informed of the preliminary findings.
The Privileges Committee will publish its report on Thursday after a year-long inquiry into whether Boris Johnson misled Parliament over Partygate. Johnson resigned as an MP after receiving an advance copy of the report, which he said found him guilty "regardless of the facts". On Wednesday, Johnson called for a committee member to resign over claims the MP had breached Covid restrictions. The Guido Fawkes website alleged that Sir Bernard Jenkin, a senior Conservative MP on the committee, attended a drinks party for his wife's birthday in the House of Commons in December 2020.
Boris Johnson, likened to Donald Trump for his chronic incapacity to be truthful and honest, thirst for showmanship and self-promotion, and wildly irresponsible attitudes to governing, resigned as an MP before being sanctioned by the Privileges Committee for deliberately misleading the House over Partygate. Johnson accused the current prime minister of overseeing a government that is “not properly Conservative” and criticized the Partygate investigation. Johnson's resignation list included honours for his cronies, enablers, and flunkeys, some of whom were key Partygate protagonists, despite blaming them for his downfall.
The UK parliamentary Privileges Committee is expected to publish a report this week on whether former Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled lawmakers over lockdown-flouting parties at his office. Johnson unexpectedly quit as a lawmaker on Friday and accused political opponents of driving him out in a "witch hunt." The committee could have suspended Johnson from the House of Commons if he was found to have lied deliberately. Revelations that Johnson and his staff held office parties, birthday celebrations and "wine time Fridays" in 2020 and 2021, at a time when millions were prohibited from seeing loved ones or even attending family funerals, angered many Britons and added to a string of ethics scandals that spelled his downfall.
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned from his seat in Parliament, citing a "kangaroo court" investigation into his behavior and attacking current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's policies. Johnson's resignation triggers a special election for Sunak's party this summer, threatening to derail his hopes of closing the gap in the opinion polls with the opposition Labour Party. The panel investigating Johnson's behavior was seeking to establish whether he deliberately misled lawmakers over Covid-19 rule breaches by officials. Johnson blamed his downfall on opponents of Brexit and hinted at a possible return to politics in the future.
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned as a lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament about "Partygate," a series of rule-breaking government parties during the COVID-19 pandemic. Johnson accused opponents of trying to drive him out and hinted that his political career might not be over yet. His resignation will trigger a special election to replace him as a lawmaker for a suburban London seat in the House of Commons.
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned as a lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament over "partygate," a series of rule-breaking government parties during the pandemic. Johnson accused opponents of trying to drive him out and called the committee investigating him a "kangaroo court." His resignation will trigger a special election to replace him as a lawmaker for a suburban London seat. Johnson's resignation statement suggested he was mulling the option of running for Parliament again.
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned as a lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament over "partygate." Johnson had been awaiting the outcome of an investigation by a House of Commons standards committee over misleading statements he made to Parliament about a slew of gatherings in government buildings in 2020 and 2021 that breached pandemic lockdown rules. By quitting, he avoids a suspension that could have seen him ousted from his Commons seat by his constituents, leaving him free to run for Parliament again.
