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Boris Johnson: Resignation statement in full
BBC ^ | June 9, 2023 | Boris Johnson

Posted on 06/09/2023 1:56:19 PM PDT by Republicans 2016 2020

I have received a letter from the Privileges Committee making it clear - much to my amazement - that they are determined to use the proceedings against me to drive me out of Parliament.

They have still not produced a shred of evidence that I knowingly or recklessly misled the Commons.

They know perfectly well that when I spoke in the Commons, I was saying what I believed sincerely to be true and what I had been briefed to say, like any other minister. They know that I corrected the record as soon as possible; and they know that I and every other senior official and minister - including the current Prime Minister and then occupant of the same building, Rishi Sunak - believed that we were working lawfully together.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: borisjohnson

1 posted on 06/09/2023 1:56:19 PM PDT by Republicans 2016 2020
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To: Republicans 2016 2020

Covidian lockdown monster. Rot in hell.


2 posted on 06/09/2023 1:59:17 PM PDT by nonliberal (Z.)
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To: Republicans 2016 2020
Zero sympathy.

He was an anti-Trumper and the first foreign leader to congratulate Biden on his 'victory.'

He was handed a huge majority in Parliament and squandered it.

3 posted on 06/09/2023 3:27:23 PM PDT by HandBasketHell
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To: Republicans 2016 2020

He sabotaged Brexit.


4 posted on 06/09/2023 3:28:47 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Republicans 2016 2020

Boris should’ve remembered the limerick from the Profumo scandal:

What have you done? said Christine
You’ve wrecked the Party machine
To lie in the nude
May be terribly rude
But to lie in the House is obscene


5 posted on 06/09/2023 3:38:52 PM PDT by Burma Jones
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To: Republicans 2016 2020

Everyone was trying to tell Boris to comb your hair!
But he would not listen....


6 posted on 06/09/2023 6:51:18 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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