Boris Johnson has resigned as Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip. The resignation of his seat from the former “pemier” comes a day after receiving the conclusions of the parliamentary committee investigating whether he deliberately lied when he declared in the House of Commons that the Covid rules had not been violated in Downing Street .
“It is very sad to leave Parliament, at least for now,” Johnson told The Times, hanging up on the possibility of running in the next general election in 2024. “I feel shocked and horrified that I could be thrown out, undemocratically by a committee led by Harriet Harman (Labour MP) with her blatant bias”.
The committee planned to make its findings public at the end of June, predictably recommending Johnson’s suspension as an MP for violating the ministerial code and not telling the truth.
The former “premier”, who left through the back door of Downing Street on July 7, 2022 for “Partygate”, decided to anticipate the announcement as a flight forward and to avoid a new humiliation in Parliament.
The so-called “privilege committee”, made up of seven members (including three conservatives), was actually planning to suspend him for ten days. His televised appearance on March 22 was described by some analysts as the lowest moment of his career and criticized as a political lynching by conservative media.
“The committee fulfills a very important function, but it should not use its powers to commit the political assassination of someone they oppose,” said the former “premier”, who submitted his resignation “because I have no interest in this process lasting one more day”.
“A small handful of people, without evidence to support their accusations and without the approval of the Conservative Party (and let alone the electorate) have forced me to leave Parliament, added the former premier, who discredited” the inaccuracies and prejudices of a process absurd and unfair, without giving me the chance to refute anything they say”.
“I am enormously proud of what I have accomplished as prime minister,” Johnson said. “From completing the Breti to achieving the largest majority in 40 years and deploying the Covid vaccine faster than any European country, as well as leading the global support of Ukraine.”
Johnson boasted of the “cumulative effect” of 15 years in high politics, including the London mayor, “with the construction of the Elizabeth line tube and the wonderful new Hillingdon hospital, where work has already started.”
His sudden resignation came just on the day his controversial “honours list” was made public, with the appointment as “sir” and “ladies” of his loyal hard-line Conservative Party allies such as Jacob Rees-Mogg, Priti Patel and Nadine Dorries.
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