Out... with a whimper

IN the final humiliation of a spectacular downfall, Boris Johnson was last night ditched by allies as MPs approved the report on his Partygate lies

- BEN GLAZE and SOPHIE HUSKISSON

The former PM's political career ended on an embarrassing whimper after the Commons voted by 354 to seven in favour of a committee's findings that he deliberately misled the House over boozy get-togethers.

He now has his right to access Parliament as an ex-MP revoked.

And Rishi Sunak was branded weak for not even showing up to vote on the report, along with dozens of other cowardly Tories.

The PM scurried off to a charity dinner rather than showing leadership and condemning Johnson for lying over the lockdown parties, first exposed by the Mirror in 2021.

Shadow Commons Leader Thangam Debonnaire said: "He has shown he is too weak to stand up to Boris Johnson and his sycophants, which is profoundly dangerous because if we can't have a Prime Minister that stands up for standards, what have we got?

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"If the Prime Minister can't even show leadership when it comes to holding liars to account, how can he expect the people of this country to trust him on anything?"

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting tweeted: "WEAK"

Apart from a handful of ultra-loyal Johnson supporters, including Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Tories who did turn up to vote laid into their ex-boss.

Theresa May, PM from July 2016 to July 2019, praised the panel's "rigorous" investigation as she had her say on Johnson's behaviour.

She said: "This committee report matters, this debate matters and this vote matters.