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A committee of MPs has found that Boris Johnson deliberately misled parliament and was part of a campaign to abuse and intimidate them. Peter Walker reports We knew it would be bad. When Boris Johnson got an advanced copy of the privileges committee report into him last week, he attacked the MPs who had written it and dramatically resigned. Now we can see why: the document is as damning as it gets.As Peter Walker tells Hannah Moore, over the course of more than 100 pages, the committee details the parties that Boris Johnson attended during lockdown. It contrasts his behaviour with his statements to the Commons and concludes that he repeatedly and deliberately misled parliament. The punishment they recommend for him is the harshest ever to be meted out to a former prime minister. Continue reading...