Tory chairman Oliver Dowden said: ‘Strong case’ for Boris Johnson to continue as Prime Minister as he has ‘more fuel in the tank’ despite the bench. Political news

Oliver Dowden said: There is a ‘strong case’ for Boris Johnson to stay ‘in office’ despite growing calls for him to step down over the ongoing partisan scandal as the Prime Minister has ‘dumped’ more gas,” said Oliver Dowden.

The Conservative Party chairman told Sky News’ Sophy Ridge on Sunday’s program that Mr Johnson is “getting on with those big calls” and said the “uncertainty” that would be caused by the change of leader “would be very damaging to this country”.

Mr. Dowden also reiterated that he did not believe Prime Minister deceives parliament.

It comes after MPs agreed that the Prime Minister faces a parliamentary inquiry into whether he misled MPs when he denied it. Door lock rules were broken on Downing Street and Whitehall.

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On Thursday, a Labor-led movement calls on the Privilege Committee to investigate Mr Johnson’s conduct was approved without a vote.

The investigation will not fully begin until the conclusion Metropolitan Police’s Inquiry into 12 events and the Privileges Committee will determine whether the Prime Minister despised parliament for allegedly misleading MPs as he repeatedly denied Downing Street partisans.

Asked if the Prime Minister would have to resign if the Commons Privilege Committee found that he had lied to MPs about party members’ pledges, Mr Dowden said: “I don’t believe the prime minister has cheated. lied to parliament.

“He’s completely open to having the Privy Commission conduct that investigation and congress agrees to that, so I don’t believe that scenario would arise.”

Emphasizing further, he added: “I think the prime minister is doing a really important job – whether that’s what you saw in India this week in terms of agreeing a trade deal, continue tighten the pressure in Ukraine – so I think there is a very strong case for the prime minister in office.

“But, as you allude, you would expect me to say that’s a hypothetical scenario, so I won’t go into commenting on that.”

‘He has real energy to keep serving’

Expressing confidence that Mr Johnson would lead his party “into the next election”, Mr Dowden said he shared “people’s disappointment at what has happened”.

“But I think that needs to be balanced against what has been achieved – whether it’s the vaccine program, it’s Ukraine or Brexit.

“The prime minister is delivering on those big calls. But also, speaking to the prime minister, he has a lot of fuel in the tank.

“He has real drive and determination to continue serving this country and deal with some of the great challenges we face, whether that’s creeping up or whether it’s recovering. after this global energy crisis and this national security crisis.

“And I think the uncertainty that comes with a change of leader is going to be very damaging to this country.”

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The Prime Minister has faced repeated questions about his future as the scandal continues to upset him. despite his attempts to move on to broader issues during his trip to India earlier this week.

Prime Minister is under constant partisan pressure

Despite the continued discontent in his group about lock-out parties took place on Downing Street and Whitehall, the Prime Minister was adamant on Friday that he will still be prime minister in six months time.

The Prime Minister returned to the UK on Saturday morning following news of many of his own backing MPs calling for him to step down and the Metropolitan Police are said to have issued further fines for party members.

On Friday, Robert Largan became the latest of more than a dozen Tory MPs to speak out against Mr Johnson, telling voters in a news release that he “will not defend the force majeure”.

Earlier this week, former minister Steve Baker, an influential Conservative MP, said the prime minister “should have gone a long time ago”.

Meanwhile, Conservative MP and Constitutional and Administrative Committee chairman, William Wragg, confirmed he had sent a letter of no confidence in Mr Johnson’s leadership.

He told MPs in a scathing Commons speech: “I cannot reconcile myself with the prime minister’s continued leadership of our country and the Conservative Party.

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Another backbencher, Tobias Ellwood – who urged Mr. Johnson to gosaid there had been a “silence of support” and called on the Conservatives to “solve their own problems”.

It was reported on Friday that at least one Number 10 official had received a fixed penalty notice from the Met Police for participating in a “bring your own booze” lockout event held in the garden above. Downing Street.

It is not yet known who has been fined for the gathering held at the height of the UK’s first national lockdown on 20 May 2020, but on Friday, Number 10 told Sky News that he Johnson was not fined a second time. on the side gate.

Mr Johnson has previously admitted to attending garden drinking sessions, but has repeatedly insisted he believes it was a “business event”.

The Prime Minister apologized to MPs in January for being among those in Drinks party on Downing Streetsays he spent 25 minutes thanking employees, before heading back to his office.

To date, it is known that more than 50 fines have been issued in connection with the lockout parties in Westminster.