Liz Truss breaks silence on Boris Johnson's 'harsh' treatment and issues warning to his enemies
Liz Truss has warned Boris Johnson's enemies to 'never, ever write him off' as she breaks her silence on his treatment
GB News
Former Prime Minister Liz Truss has warned Boris Johnson's enemies to "never, ever write him off" as she breaks her silence on his treatment.
Speaking to GB News, Truss said the privileges committee's decision to have Johnson's rights to a post-office parliamentary pass removed is "harsh".
Its report found that Johnson committed “repeated contempts” of Parliament by deliberately misleading MPs.
It said it would have recommended a 90 day suspension from the Commons if the Johnson had not resigned as an MP.
Truss told Dan Wootton that she is "sure we will hear more" from Johnson following the probe into whether he lied to MPs with his partygate denials.
Talking about MPs banning Johnson from the parliamentary estate, Truss said: "I'm not going to question the integrity of these MP's.
"We do have these committees that have been set up, but it does seem to me a very harsh decision."
She added: "Never ever, ever write Boris off. That is something that I think is very, very clear.
"And I'm sure we will hear more from him. And he's done a huge amount, I mean, if Boris had not joined the Brexit campaign, would Brexit have won? I very much doubt it."
Following the release of the 30,000-word partygate probe report, Johnson branded the results as "absurd" and even "deranged".
The former Prime Minister received a draft copy of the report last Thursday.
He sensationally announced he would quit as the MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip the following day, branding the partygate probe a "witch-hunt".
Truss said the privileges committee's decision to have Johnson's rights to a post-office parliamentary pass removed is 'harsh'
PAWhen asked whether she thinks Johnson will make a positive impact in the Conservative Party in future, Truss said: "I do believe he can.
"And you know, I'm not sort of talking about Boris' plans, you can't doubt Boris now he's got more free time.
"We've been through tough times and we've been through good times and we have to stay and we have to fight because I think we've got to fight for the Conservatives we believe in.
"So I want Boris to stay and fight for his vision."