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"Thank you for your email regarding the ongoing matter of breaches of lockdown rules in No.10. As you will expect I have received a great deal of correspondence on this issue.
I share your frustration that the Prime Minister did not follow the Covid restrictions and the personal anguish which has been caused by those behaviours in number 10 which have already been adjudicated on by the Metropolitan police. I cannot, however, comment further on the Prime Minister’s involvement, the incidents in question, or on whether he knowingly misled the House of Commons on this matter.
I am a member of the Privileges Committee. If the House of Commons feels that the Prime Minister has intentionally misled the House, the matter is referred to the Privileges Committee to investigate the case and adjudicate on the matter. The Commons has now agreed to refer the Prime Minister’s conduct to the Privileges Committee. The Conservative members of the committee were to abstain had the matter come to a vote, so as not to prejudice our position on the matter that might come before us.
I have taken advice from the Clerk of the Committee, who has explained:
“I would advise you, as a member of the Committee of Privileges, not to make any public statement about any individual case which has been referred to the Committee. If the Committee is asked to investigate an allegation that a contempt of Parliament has been committed, that is a serious matter and it is important, given the quasi-judicial role of the Committee, that its members are seen to be carrying out their work in a scrupulously impartial way and that they do not make public comments on the rights and wrongs of the case or anticipate the Committee’s conclusions.”
Chris Bryant MP, the committee chair, has already expressed his view on the matter and has therefore had to recuse himself from this case. Members of the committee are like judges in a court. We are expected to approach such matters as impartially as we can, and not have a predetermined view, before the hearings start.
I am sorry I cannot be more forthcoming but I hope you understand my reasons. I can assure you I attach the highest importance to matters like this."
Ade Akinbiyi couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo...
So, I contacted my local Conservative MP about the PM and received this: on 17:29 - May 24 by pointofblue
Interesting, so this specific Conservative MP might be one of those ‘trying’ Johnson, so to speak.
It happens. I’ve seen Select Committees where the Chairperson has waded in on a fellow party member like no tomorrow (e.g. Nicky Morgan and another mush whose name escapes me who chaired Brexit Select Committees along with Hilary Benn and Yvette Cooper). A lot of the workings of HoC are non political in that committees, working groups etc are drawn from across government.
This MPs response is interesting in that reading between the lines you can see what his opinion is. There will be 100s of tory MPs making the most of their last couple of years as an MP. Maybe he’s one of them?
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So, I contacted my local Conservative MP about the PM and received this: on 19:21 - May 24 with 1284 views
So, I contacted my local Conservative MP about the PM and received this: on 17:39 - May 24 by Churchman
It happens. I’ve seen Select Committees where the Chairperson has waded in on a fellow party member like no tomorrow (e.g. Nicky Morgan and another mush whose name escapes me who chaired Brexit Select Committees along with Hilary Benn and Yvette Cooper). A lot of the workings of HoC are non political in that committees, working groups etc are drawn from across government.
This MPs response is interesting in that reading between the lines you can see what his opinion is. There will be 100s of tory MPs making the most of their last couple of years as an MP. Maybe he’s one of them?
I am not sure there is any reading between the lines. It is very carefully worded to make no comment on presumed guilt or innocence and very rightly so. The frustration that he can't reply doesn't mean the reply would say any particular view.
It is a very sensible response and probably the most direct reply I have seen from a Tory politician!
So, I contacted my local Conservative MP about the PM and received this: on 19:21 - May 24 by Nthsuffolkblue
I am not sure there is any reading between the lines. It is very carefully worded to make no comment on presumed guilt or innocence and very rightly so. The frustration that he can't reply doesn't mean the reply would say any particular view.
It is a very sensible response and probably the most direct reply I have seen from a Tory politician!
To be fair, whoever it is has said whatever they can.
And has respectfully included his/her reasoning too which feels unusual in itself.
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