Partygate inquiry kicks off: kangaroo court or Westminster’s Jerry Springer?

Privileges Committee begins taking evidence for investigation into Boris Johnson

Labour grandee Harriet Harman
Labour grandee Harriet Harman will chair the probe into whether the PM misled Parliament
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The parliamentary committee investigating whether the prime minister knowingly misled the House of Commons over Partygate has issued a call for evidence.

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