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Guto Harri shredded after suggesting Johnson has been ‘deprived of a livelihood’ by Partygate report

Guto Harri’s suggestion that Boris Johnson has been deprived of a livelihood by the Partygate report got absolutely shredded by SNP MP David Linden on Question Time last night.

The former prime minister has lashed out at the Privileges Committee’s ‘deranged’ findings after he was handed a 90 day suspension from parliament.

He accused the panel of making “Mystic Meg” claims and reaching a “deranged conclusion” in a blistering response to its report.

The 1,678-word statement lashed out at the Tory-majority group of MPs he has repeatedly sought to disparage.

It came after they found he committed “repeated contempts” of Parliament by deliberately misleading the Commons with his partygate denials before being complicit in a campaign of abuse and intimidation of the committee.

Speaking on Question Time, Guto Harri said the conclusions have deprived Johnson of a livelihood.

This response from Linden is absolutely spot on:

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Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE). He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author. Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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