I misled MPs ......but didn't do it intentionally says Boris

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[The Bloop]

Re: I misled MPs ......but didn't do it intentionally says Boris

Going to be an interesting watch tomorrow to see how he copes under questioning. They won't tolerate non-specific and vague answers, as he used to get away with in the Commons and elsewhere.

[Wales-Bales]

Re: I misled MPs ......but didn't do it intentionally says Boris

It's like the time my wife found out that I'd shagged her best friend, and my defence was I thought it was her husband Jeff.

[superfeathers]

Re: I misled MPs ......but didn't do it intentionally says Boris

Nobody told me I couldn’t mislead the house

[Dorcus]

Re: I misled MPs ......but didn't do it intentionally says Boris

The cheques in the post

[jon1959]

Re: I misled MPs ......but didn't do it intentionally says Boris

In before TOBW:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/21/boris-johnson-lies-standards-committee-partygate

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Re: I misled MPs ......but didn't do it intentionally says Boris

He will wriggle out of it

As long as there are people out there that think despite being a serial liar ......he's a good bloke you could have a pint with ....he will get away with it

[Heathblue]

Re: I misled MPs ......but didn't do it intentionally says Boris

Logs in

"The Bloke is a lying Kunt"

Good Evening

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[The Bloop]

Re: I misled MPs ......but didn't do it intentionally says Boris

He will wriggle out of it

As long as there are people out there that think despite being a serial liar ......he's a good bloke you could have a pint with ....he will get away with it

Of course he'll wriggle out of it. It's almost impossible to prove he mislead the house deliberately.
It'll make good tv anyway.

[Gofer Blue]

Re: I misled MPs ......but didn't do it intentionally says Boris

It was inevitable that his defence would hinge on the phrase "I did not mislead intentionally".

[Dorcus]

Re: I misled MPs ......but didn't do it intentionally says Boris

It was inevitable that his defence would hinge on the phrase "I did not mislead intentionally".

One problem he's got is that even if it wasn't intentional it is likely to be construed as reckless. I think the committee will find against him but fall short of imposing a 10 day Parliamentary sanction.

That will avoid a by election but politically he's toast.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: I misled MPs ......but didn't do it intentionally says Boris

One problem he's got is that even if it wasn't intentional it is likely to be construed as reckless. I think the committee will find against him but fall short of imposing a 10 day Parliamentary sanction.

That will avoid a by election but politically he's toast.

Yes, I think that’s the most likely outcome. However, a couple of things I find really hard to reconcile are, first,Johnson uses the word “party” to describe one of the “work events” in the so called devastating document that was supposed to be his salvation and, second, the soonest he could admit that he might have, unintentionally, misled Parliament was almost six months after the event and only after Sue Grey had published her report. At that time, Ms Grey was not the Labour spy she is portrayed as now, she was an unimpeachably fair arbiter who would deliver the final verdict - either way, Johnson surely knew that what he told Parliament in early December wasn’t the whole truth well before another half a year had passed?

That’s the thing, not for the first time, Johnson is relying on him having to be seen as a total idiot to get off - he may be many things, but he isn’t that.

[The Bloop]

Re: I misled MPs ......but didn't do it intentionally says Boris

What if he lies today in front of the committee?
Are there any guarantees that he won't?

[Sunnysideup]

Re: I misled MPs ......but didn't do it intentionally says Boris

The Tory’s have lied and defrauded the British public for years
Nothing is going to happen
Thousands of people up and down the country received fines for breaching lockdown rules
The Police had to rescind every single fine because Boris led the way with his own breaches
There’s far more pressing issues to deal with in the UK and abroad so why are we wasting time and money in pursuing this shite
The best outcome will be change next year with the inevitable labour election win

[Dorcus]

Re: I misled MPs ......but didn't do it intentionally says Boris

Yes, I think that’s the most likely outcome. However, a couple of things I find really hard to reconcile are, first,Johnson uses the word “party” to describe one of the “work events” in the so called devastating document that was supposed to be his salvation and, second, the soonest he could admit that he might have, unintentionally, misled Parliament was almost six months after the event and only after Sue Grey had published her report. At that time, Ms Grey was not the Labour spy she is portrayed as now, she was an unimpeachably fair arbiter who would deliver the final verdict - either way, Johnson surely knew that what he told Parliament in early December wasn’t the whole truth well before another half a year had passed?

That’s the thing, not for the first time, Johnson is relying on him having to be seen as a total idiot to get off - he may be many things, but he isn’t that.

Having looked at the synopsis of the Committee evidence on Sky this morning I think Johnson hasn't got a leg to stand on.

He should get the 10 day suspension in a perfect world but I think for political reasons it won't happen so as to avoid a Commons vote which could unleash a Tory implosion.