The old order of politics IS DEAD in the water...

[Michael Grove]

  ... ROLL on [THE] coming of the new[ORDER]


“There is evidence that the House of Commons may have been misled in...,” the report said, giving four examples, all backed up by lengthy footnotes. A formal finding that Johnson deliberately misled parliament could see him suspended. Under parliamentary rules, an exclusion of 14 days or longer would mean Johnson’s constituents could seek a recall petition to remove him as their MP, a viable occurrence given the slim majority in his west London seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

Johnson – who was forced out as prime minister last summer after Conservative MPs tired of repeated controversies – responded to the report with an immediate and orchestrated fightback, seeking to discredit the findings and the committee. Aided by statements from supportive MPs, Johnson said it was “surreal to discover that the committee proposes to rely on evidence culled and orchestrated by Sue Gray, who has just been appointed chief of staff to the leader of the Labour party”.

Peter Walker and Rowena Mason - The Guardian