Boris Johnson is sitting on a “ticking time bomb” over new Partygate claims being examined by police, say senior Tories – warning that the controversy engulfing the former PM could damage the party’s re-election chances.Conservative grandee Michael Heseltine said Mr Johnson was “painfully on the rack” after Cabinet Office officials referred him to Scotland Yard and Thames Valley Police over further possible lockdown violations at Chequers and No 10.Writing in The Independent, Lord Heseltine said: “Never in my lifetime have I seen an ex-prime minister so nakedly and painfully on the rack to the extent that Boris Johnson is.”Read Heseltine’s searing attack on Boris exclusively on Independent PremiumMPs’ Partygate probe means he faces “the real possibility of being banned from the Commons for lying and potentially losing his seat”, the former deputy PM noted, adding: “There is now a ticking time bomb under him with legal threats and potential criminal proceedings.” Aw8
Boris Johnson is sitting on a “ticking time bomb” over new Partygate claims being examined by police, say senior Tories – warning that the controversy engulfing the former PM could damage the party’s re-election chances.Conservative grandee Michael Heseltine said Mr Johnson was “painfully on the rack” after Cabinet Office officials referred him to Scotland Yard and Thames Valley Police over further possible lockdown violations at Chequers and No 10.Writing in The Independent, Lord Heseltine said: “Never in my lifetime have I seen an ex-prime minister so nakedly and painfully on the rack to the extent that Boris Johnson is.”Read Heseltine’s searing attack on Boris exclusively on Independent PremiumMPs’ Partygate probe means he faces “the real possibility of being banned from the Commons for lying and potentially losing his seat”, the former deputy PM noted, adding: “There is now a ticking time bomb under him with legal threats and potential criminal proceedings.” Gaming