‘Partygate’ may be the undoing of Johnson. But he delivered what his party needed | Andrew Murrison
by Andrew Murrison from US news | The Guardian on (#5VR2H)
If the men and women in grey suits do end up calling time on the PM, he can leave with head held high
- Andrew Murrison is the Conservative MP for South West Wiltshire
Sue Gray's interim report into events at No 10 finds failures of leadership and judgment". Exactly whose failures are left hanging, for now.
I'm a serial Boris supporter. As an MP, I backed his abortive leadership bid in 2016 and his victorious campaign in 2019. I was drawn to his brand of Brexity, one-nation Conservatism. I doubt any of us backed him because we'd spotted a paragon of virtue. We were clear eyed about him then, we must own the consequences now.
Andrew Murrison is the Conservative MP for South West Wiltshire, and minister of state for international development and the Middle East