BORIS Johnson could face a "witch hunt" when he appears before MPs investigating his partygate comments, an ally of the former prime minister has warned.
The peer, who was a deputy mayor when Mr Johnson was in London's City Hall and became a minister under him as prime minister, has backed a campaign which calls for Conservative MPs on the committee to pull out of the "kangaroo court"
Asked if he believes the four Tories should withdraw, he told Times Radio: "I choose my words more carefully than that. I'm concerned that it will be a witch hunt."
He said he is "concerned that we're going to get a McCarthyite approach to justice on the Privileges Committee" - a reference to US senator Joseph McCarthy's zealous efforts to find Communist sympathisers in the 1950s.
"I certainly hope that Parliament goes through the process properly, and that the former prime minister should get a fair and just hearing," Lord Greenhalgh said. "We want swift justice and I think this has gone on for too long - and we also want to have sure justice."
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