JUDGEMENT DAY
Boris Johnson LOSES parliament pass as MPs seal his fate after Partygate report
BORIS Johnson last night lost his parliamentary pass after the Commons voted on the Privileges Committee Partygate report.
MPs voted overwhelmingly to ban the ex-PM from Parliament and endorse the report accusing him of Partygate lies.
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Just seven MPs voted in BoJo's favour after he ordered his allies to stay away from the "foregone conclusion."
On the day the ex-PM turned 59, the Commons voted to accept the report's findings - with 354 in favour.
Mr Johnson's successor Rishi Sunak did not attend the debate, nor did much of the current cabinet.
He abstained, along with most ministers and scores of Tory MPs.
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Johnson will now have to undergo security checks each time he wants to enter the parliamentary estate, like an ordinary member of the public.
Yesterday afternoon, Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt confirmed she would vote for the report.
"As the member for Portsmouth North I will be voting to support the committee's report and recommendations," she said.
"But all members need to make up their own minds and others should leave them alone to do so."
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Ex-PM Theresa May praised the integrity and hard work of the committee.
She said it's "important to show the public there is not one rule for them and one rule for everybody else".
Mrs May, who voted for the report, added: "If people see us making rules for them and acting as if they are not for us that trust that I spoke about between the public and Parliament is undermined.
"Without that trust and respect, their faith in our very parliamentary democracy is damaged."
However, Mr Johnson's most loyal lieutenants were not expected to cause a fuss over the vote.
His allies insisted it's time to move on from the matter - at least for now.
The Commons spent 90 minutes debating the Privileges Committee Report, which issued the sanction.
The committee found Mr Johnson committed "serious contempt" when he insisted no lockdown rules were broken.
The 14-month probe, headed up by Labour MP Harriet Harman, ruled that the ex-PM misled MPs over lockdown-breaking gatherings in No10, the first PM to do so.
In a 30,000-word paper, the committee of MPs skewered him for repeatedly claiming that no rules were broken.
If Mr Johnson was still an MP he would face a whopping 90 day suspension from the Commons.
But after his shock resignation last week, that's no longer a possibility.
The former Tory leader and his allies have repeatedly slammed the committee as a "kangaroo court".
They insist Ms Harman was always out to get him and he never stood a chance of a fair trial.
However, his critics on all sides say that isn't true and argue the report was fair and considered.
TalkTV presenter Piers Morgan yesterday morning blasted politicians who said they won't show up to vote, accusing them of cowardice.
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Mr Morgan warned: "We should assume that any minister or MP who abstains from today’s vote on Boris Johnson endorses what he did, and judge them accordingly.
"It’s moral cowardice to duck such a slam-dunk conviction by your fellow parliamentarians."
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