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Found is that the prime minister, former prime minister deliberately misled them, that he lied to them. that is the highest form of contempt. if you want to put this in some sort of historical context, the depth of borisjohnsons disgrace is about as deep and as bad as it gets. just in terms of the punishment that has been given, this still has to be voted on in parliament, so it may end up differently, but of course these sanctions are very heavy. thea;r these sanctions are very heavy. they are ...

Parliament, the work of this committee to carry out a further contempt is just the sort of final straw, the cherry on top. although the committee do not use those sort of words, essentially what they are doing is accusing borisjohnson of donald trump like tactics, that idea that you never admit making a mistake, it is all somebody elses vault, and you do not mind if institutions are damaged in the process. that is incredibly serious allegations that these mps are making, essentially accusing the...

Parliament, the proper democratic process. it is a very severe offence, about as severe as it can get in parliamentary terms. the contempt was all the more serious, the committee says, because it was committed by the prime minister, the most senior member of the government. there is no precedent for a prime minister, they say, having been found to have deliberately misled the house. you misled the house on an issue of the greatest importance, the committee says, to the house and to the public, a...

Honourable thing and had a bit of humility and apologised to the british— humility and apologised to the british public —— not only a lawbreaker but a liar. british public -- not only a lawbreaker but a liar.- british public -- not only a lawbreaker but a liar. last week he announced — lawbreaker but a liar. last week he announced he _ lawbreaker but a liar. last week he announced he was _ lawbreaker but a liar. last week he announced he was resigning, - announced he was resigning, attac...

He should have done, or was it deliberate —— appraised himself of the facts. we will go through the detail of the report to see what it has to say on that. i just want to draw your attention at this early stage to where the committee sets out its possible punishments it can recommend to borisjohnson is available to it. either no further action, running through several options, rising in severity, requiring an apology in writing right up to recommending expulsion from the house. if we can go ...

The procedures, he also attacks on very strong and vitriolic terms, they say, the integrity, honesty and honour of its members. he stated that the committee had forced him out and he democratically. this attack on a committee carrying out its remit from the democratically elected house itself amounts to an attack on our democratic institutions. strong words from the committee. we consider that these statements are completely unacceptable. in a review, this conduct, together with the egregious br...

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Inquiry the committee brought in a lot of outside help, they brought in a retired lord justice of appeal to advise them on procedure, and anybody who looks at the actual questioning that took place can see that it was done extremely carefully. i have to say, i see no sign this committee which is the only means by which a sovereign house of commons and sovereign parliament can enforce its content rules, no evidence to suggest in fact they had it in for him at all —— contempt. it is the result...

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Possible rulings by judge aileen mercedes cannon in this case, since she has already shown such contempt for this investigation nearly being underway when it first came into her courtroom. >> thats right. and when i read the tweet by my friend, judge moody, i thought such a shame that this case, at least as it now stands, is not going to be tried before a normal judge, who would pay attention to the fact that these facts, it really does appear to be no defense. she would not tolerate if you were...