Boris Johnson has told us pathetically today that he was sorry, that the public will forgive and forget but he is seriously wrong. The public have some very painful memories and great sadness from the last 2 years, long memories. We won't forget,.
Lives were put on hold. Weddings were cancelled. Funerals of loved ones were missed. People across the country did their patriotic duty and obeyed the law. And all the while, the man who made the rules not only broke the rules but lied about doing so, taking us all for fools.
Two thirds of voters (64%) want Boris Johnson to resign following the Sue Gray report. - 83% believe he broke lockdown rules - 75% believe he is not telling the truth.
In her inquiry into lockdown-breaking gatherings, senior civil servant Sue Gray condemned some behaviour as ‘difficult to justify’ but was not able to say very much in her interim report (because 12 of the 16 gatherings she investigated are now subject to police investigation). But what she does say is damning.
She is clear that there has been a serious failure of leadership and judgement in Number 10. Johnson is trying to convince us that we don't have enough evidence to hold him accountable but we do! It’s clear that Boris Johnson partied while the rest of us obeyed the law, and then he lied about it.
Opponents were critical of the limited nature of the report and renewed their calls for Johnson to quit. “Everyone knows Boris Johnson broke the rules and lied to the country,” said Ed Davey, leader of the opposition Liberal Democrat party.
Angela Rayner, deputy leader of the main opposition Labour Party, said she found the report “sickening”
“It is the most fundamental failure of any prime minister and I’m absolutely shocked that Boris Johnson can even show his face in Parliament today,” she told Sky News. “He should be resigning because he has lost the confidence of the British people.”
Boris Johnson is now under criminal investigation and speaker It is telling that Lindsay Hoyle MP kicked out SNP leader Ian Blackford in the chamber the only member of the House of Commons to suffer any consequences for Boris Johnson repeatedly lying to Parliament for speaking the truth saying Johnson lied. The Speaker has made the Mother of Parliaments look ridiculous by ordering him out. Why can MPs not call a spade a spade? Are they representative of the public or not?Our democracy is a joke.
Enough is enough.Failure of leadership. Behaviour difficult to justify. Any decent Prime Minister would have resigned by now but this man has no decency.Today proves beyond doubt that Boris Johnson a sorry excuse for a man, devoid of any shame without intellect or any respect but indulgent constructs so unfit for office. No more bluster or distraction, Johnson simply must go.now.
