Boris Johnson ‘misled Parliament’ over £6,000 fee for Hard Brexit pals’ party
Boris Johnson claimed just two days ago there was ‘no cost to the public purse’. He seems to think he can say and do what he likes – and the Cabinet Office seems happy to let him [Image: AFP].
It is understood that Mr Johnson knew there was a £6,000 fee for the use of the Foreign Office Map Room last September. He waived that fee – didn’t charge it, meaning the Treasury lost money – but told Parliament there was no cost to the public purse.
Misleading Parliament is a serious matter.
But it seems he’ll get away with it, due to – what? Corruption in the Cabinet Office?
If he had any honour, he’d put up the money himself. He waived the fee in breach of the rules – he can pay it.
Boris Johnson waived a £6,000 fee for Hard Brexit pals to host a boozy launch party on government property, it’s been revealed.
The Cabinet minister is accused of misleading parliament after he let the Institute for Free Trade (IFT) use the opulent Foreign Office’s Map Room for free.
The Foreign Secretary spoke personally at September’s launch of the IFT, whose founder Daniel Hannan wants Britain to become a low-tax Singapore-style economy after Brexit .
Whitehall’s ethics chief demanded the think tank pay the “full commercial rate” for hiring the room. But the IFT’s fee was still waived – because the event had already happened.
The revelation, contained in newly-released e-mails, comes despite Mr Johnson telling the House of Commons just two days ago: “There was no cost to the public purse.”
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Boris Johnson is a thoroughly corrupt and dishonest man. One of the worst of a very corrupt and dishonest Tory politicians.
Nowt happened to him about that book signing he did (In Serbia) on official diplomatic duty; so expect less to be done about this.
They’re a law unto themselves, the whole bleedin’ lot of ’em.
How can yo mislead anyone over something that doesn’t exist, there is leave, stay in all but name and stay completely which is bandied about the media coined the term hard Brexit for what we voted for, as if it is a bad thing and nice soft fluffy Brexit in we stay in the eu, neither term should be used to describe the outcome of a democratic vote.
This is not about the actual issue of Brexit.
Boris Johnson very clearly misled Parliament, in my opinion, by saying that there was no burden on the public purse due to him waiving the fee for using the room.
In fact, the public purse lost £6,000.