BORIS Johnson will cooperate in full with Parliament’s Partygate inquiry if he comes back as PM, his allies have insisted.
He is expected to be called to give evidence before Christmas into whether he knowingly lied to MPs about No10 lockdown parties.
Boris Johnson is ready to cooperate with the Partygate inquiry in full if he becomes PM
Allies say he has “made his views on the committee well known” and is not prepared to make any moves to try to kill the investigation to help win the Tory crown
Insiders reckon piles of evidence will condemn him to a ten-day Commons suspension — and could see him face a recall petition seeking to remove him as an MP.
But his supporters say all the evidence that has been sent to the committee has already been seen by Cabinet Office enforcer Sue Gray.
They add that the matter has already been investigated by police.
A friend of Mr Johnson said: “I’m not sure the’ll find anything we don’t already know.
“Boris made clear when he was still PM that he had inadvertently misled the House and he has paid a heavy price for that.”
But MPs remain very concerned it could blow up his premiership once again just weeks after it starts.
The looming investigation is putting waverers off getting behind him ahead of Monday’s ballot.
Even Boris backer, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace yesterday admitted Mr Johnson would still have “some questions to answer”.
