Hysteria over ‘Partygate’ has gone too far

About 100 years ago, politicians were serious people, discussing matters such as post-war reconstruction, economic development, and female emancipation. After the Second World War, the issues were equally as major, setting up the welfare state, defending freedom from the Communist threat, and dealing with the end of Empire. Now we are treated to the spectacle of MPs ranting hysterically about whether the fact the Prime Minister had cake on his birthday is worthy of police, and parliamentary, investigation.

I hesitate, given the triviality of the matter, to even discuss the ridiculous case put forward by the left, but, as so many seem to wish to air their views, I think we should look at the facts. Boris was presented with a cake by his fellow workers, with whom he had shared the workspace for months, and he had contact with them for approximately nine minutes. He was not wearing a paper hat, drinking to excess and kissing everyone in sight but showing the minimum amount of courtesy to others who wished him well.

If Boris denied to parliament breaking any rules it was because any reasonable person would

agree that he was speaking the truth, not having fully appreciated just how low the standard of political debate had sunk.

If Conservative MPs now remove him they will be repeating the same mistake they made when they stabbed Margaret Thatcher in the back, and I suspect with the same result.

A decade of Labour rule now would finish this country, seeing us abjectly slinking back into that failing monolith the EU, bowing the knee to every fanatic, whether they be woke or green,

and undermining our ability to defy the totalitarians. Boris has many faults, as we all do, but to destroy his premiership over such an insignificant matter would be insane.

Colin Bullen