[ICYMI] UK's former PM Johnson accepts MPs misled over 'partygate'
Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson says he did not "intentionally" mislead parliamentBRITAIN - Britain's former prime minister Boris Johnson admitted on Tuesday that he misled parliament by telling MPs that parties at his Downing Street office did not break Covid lockdown rules.
But he is due on Wednesday to go before the cross-party privileges committee of MPs probing the statements to determine whether he was in contempt of parliament. "I did not intentionally or recklessly mislead the House on 1 December 2021, 8 December 2021, or on any other date.Johnson's 52-page submission is a defence of his position on the scandal, which contributed to his downfall last July in a ministerial rebellion.
Johnson, his wife Carrie, and Rishi Sunak, who was finance minister at the time and is now prime minister, received police fines for breaking Covid regulations, alongside dozens of staff.
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