The Privileges Committee report is as damning as it gets – 29 early reactions
16.
Boris Johnson is suspended from the House for twice as long as Liz Truss was Prime Minister.
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) June 15, 2023
17.
He partied.
He boozed.
He cavorted.
He lied.And if he’d hadn’t have run away, he’d have been suspended from the Commons for 90 days.
Our cowardly, corrupt, mendacious, indecent, pathologically dishonest former prime minister. @BorisJohnson – a stain on parliament. pic.twitter.com/MbOtrD05vr
— Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) June 15, 2023
18.
"Hands up anyone who behaved like a crybaby when they were shown to be a lying twat"#BorisJohnson pic.twitter.com/XfvQMVXNES
— Parody Rishi Sunak (@Parody_PM) June 15, 2023
19.
Johnson, now: pic.twitter.com/WcVEH5LfXW
— Sarah Dempster (@Dempster2000) June 15, 2023
20.
Not heard a “He has almost died from Covid” yet. Sure it won’t be long though.
— Lucie with an anti-maths mindset (@msloobylou) June 15, 2023
21.
Johnson should have his (dis)honours list cancelled immediately.
— gibbzer (@gibbzer) June 15, 2023
22.
People are getting excited about this report finally getting Johnson when he’s no longer PM. It’s like cheering the take down of Godzilla after Tokyo is already sandwich paste.
— Tiernan Douieb (@TiernanDouieb) June 15, 2023
23.
Why can't the country be run by the privileges committee?
— HappyToast★ (@IamHappyToast) June 15, 2023
24.
No wonder he jumped and started slinging mud.
The shyster’s shyster! https://t.co/1oWshIeDlQ— Reece Dinsdale 👀 (@reece_dinsdale) June 15, 2023
25.
So Johnson "deliberately and repeatedly" lied. I haven't read the full report yet, so can't comment on whether the Pope is a catholic or where bears defecate.
— Jason (@NickMotown) June 15, 2023
26.
"You still have phone a friend."#PrivilegesCommittee pic.twitter.com/ZPa2LZ7hlk
— Captain Howdy (@MajorPazuzu) June 15, 2023
27.
So is the BBC now allowed to call him a liar? https://t.co/s2HQoutrbD
— Annette Dittert (@annettedittert) June 15, 2023
28.
Just to remind you that a bunch of people have been given lifelong seats in the House of Lords thanks to a man who was recommended to be banned from Parliament for 90 days over his outrageous behaviour and has now resigned in disgrace
Our democracy is a sham
— Liam Thorp (@LiamThorpECHO) June 15, 2023
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The funniest thing about the Privileges Committee saying they would’ve suspended Boris Johnson from Parliament for 90 days is that it’s been so long since he actually did his job as a constituency MP that nobody would’ve even noticed he’d been suspended.
— Mark Grimshaw (@MarkGComedyUK) June 15, 2023
Some questions remain unanswered.
How come they don’t put anyone in that little Parliament jail cell anymore
— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) June 15, 2023
Petition, anyone?
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