LONDON (Reuters) – A senior Conservative lawmaker accused the British government on Thursday of intimidating and trying to “blackmail” these lawmakers they believe of desirous to power Prime Minister Boris Johnson out of energy.
William Wragg, chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee which oversees constitutional points and requirements, has known as for Johnson to resign after a sequence of scandals, together with the prime minister’s attendance at a COVID-19 lockdown-breaking get together at Downing Street.
Johnson, who gained a big majority in 2019, has to this point resisted calls to resign, saying he would struggle on and take the governing get together into the following election, which isn’t due till 2024.
At the beginning of a committee assembly, Wragg made an announcement, accusing the government of utilizing intimidation, together with threats of withdrawing funding from these lawmakers who had known as, or might name, for a confidence vote in Johnson.
“In latest days, a quantity of members of parliament have confronted pressures and intimidation from members of the government as a result of of their declared or assumed need for a vote of confidence within the get together management of the prime minister,” Wragg advised a gathering of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee.
“Moreover, the experiences of which I’m conscious, would appear to represent blackmail. As such, it might be my normal recommendation to colleagues to report these issues to the speaker of the House of Commons and the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.”
(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge and Elizabeth Piper; Editing by Kate Holton)
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