NEWS STORY : Boris Johnson Resigns From Commons and Triggers By-Election
STORY
Boris Johnson, the former Prime Minister, has announced that he is resigning from the House of Commons and triggering a by-election in his constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip. His resignation comes after he received the report from the Privileges Committee which he said had recommended that he was suspended from the House of Commons. In his statement, he rejected the committee’s work, stating:
“Their purpose from the beginning has been to find me guilty, regardless of the facts. This is the very definition of a kangaroo court.”
He concluded his statement noting
“It is very sad to be leaving Parliament – at least for now – but above all, I am bewildered and appalled that I can be forced out, anti-democratically, by a committee chaired and managed, by Harriet Harman, with such egregious bias.”
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