LABOUR deputy leader Angela Rayner has branded former prime minister Boris Johnson a 'coward' over his resignation as an MP during the Partygate investigation.
Mr Johnson announced on Friday night he would quit as MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip with immediate effect in a bombshell statement accusing his enemies of trying to 'drive him out!
It came after the House of Commons Privileges Committee looking into whether he misled Parliament over the Partygate scandal warned him he faced being kicked out of Parliament over this. He said he was 'bewildered and appalled that I'm being forced out.
But Ms Rayner, MP for Ashton-under-Lyne, labelled him a 'coward' for his actions.
She said: "To me, he is a coward. He knows that the Privileges Committee has seen through this fiasco and he has jumped.
This story is from the June 11, 2023 edition of MEN on Sunday.
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