Boris Johnson: Former UK prime minister quits as MP over Partygate report - BBC News

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to step down as an MP with immediate effect after receiving the Partygate report.

That report by the MP-led Privileges Committee looked into whether he misled Parliament over lockdown-breaking parties at Downing Street.

His statement said: "They have still not produced a shred of evidence that I knowingly or recklessly misled the Commons."

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[ydnallah]

Ahh Boris, still the spoiled school boy who’s never, ever at fault.

[stephenwalker]

Can one actually resign from a job that one hasn't actually done for months and months? He's missed nearly 200 votes in the Commons. You have to at least turn up and actually do YOUR JOB before you can RESIGN from it, surely?

[mucklemoo]

If you believe in your innocence then stay and fight. He's either a liar or a coward. I think he's both

[HeatherJRedhead]

A small crumb of justice for the people who couldn’t be with loved ones in their final moments while Boris and his cronies partied in Downing Street. Good riddance.

[davecap]

He has a great future as a fiction writer, not have to bother with facts or reality and can be his own super hero in his own little universe.

[biornr.]

"You can't fire me, I quit!" - Boris Johnson (effectively)

[petercross]

No matter where he moves to, he will no doubt continue to lie and cheat.

[oliver]

The lack of self-awareness in this vile little toff is beyond words

[dazediss]

I don’t get it, why isn’t he in jail?

[LordBillington]

And his punishment? Making millions in after dinner speaking and consulting. Then being snuck onto an honours list in a few years time.

[FllnThBlanks]

It's a shambles they stuck around this long. Shouldn't have been allowed to quit, should have been fired and charged long ago.

[AndrewofWare]

His resignation letter could have been written by Trump. The world will be better without either of them.

[Bruce-yvtm]

should be jailed for a long long time.

[aleccap]

I did not lie - has to be the funniest thing Bojo has ever said.

[danhodson]

His statement reads exactly like a Trump statement, “I’m the victim, I’m so great but they’re all out to get me, poor little me, I never do anything wrong” 🤮 good riddance.

[LrCloud]

HE’S JUMPING BEFORE HE GETS PUSHED (or more accurately- PROSECUTED)

[WhichDoctor]

As his classics teacher wrote back when he was in Eaton

"I think he honestly believes that it is churlish of us not to regard him as an exception, one who should be free of the network of obligations that bind everyone else."

40 years on and not the slightest bit of personal growth.

[LynxEng]

I bet every Tory will say that they think his stepping down is a shame. That is why we can no longer vote for Tories

[Andrew-obij]

Should be in prison, but somehow he still sees himself as a victim

[joe.oneill]

If he had a conscience, he'd have done that when he resigned as PM.