Boris Johnson’s allies confident he’ll dodge being kicked out of parliament over Partygate ‘lies’

ALLIES of Boris Johnson are confident he will dodge being kicked out of parliament as MPs consider whether or not he lied over Partygate.

The committee probing the former PM is expected to conclude its results later this month.

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But they are set to avoid a suspension for long enough to see a recall election in his constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

One insider said: “Proving someone that someone deliberately misled is really, really hard to do if you haven’t got a piece of paper saying ‘I told you to say this and you said the opposite’.”

Mr Johnson‘s allies think there is no such smoking gun which can prove he deliberately lied to MPs.

A committee spokesman said: “The members of the privileges committee are members of parliament who have been appointed to this role by the house.

“The decision to carry out this inquiry was not taken by the privileges committee but by the House of Commons as a whole.”

A spokesman for Johnson said: “We continue to cooperate fully with the committee and will study its findings when they are brought forward.

“Mr Johnson did not knowingly, deliberately or wittingly mislead parliament.”