A SORRY EXCUSE FOR A PM

90 apologies, but still he won't do right thing

-  PIPPA CRERAR

BORIS Johnson faces a nightmare vote by MPs tomorrow on whether to probe claims he misled Parliament over No10 lockdown parties.

He yesterday had the opportunity to finally admit he breached Covid rules during lockdown when he addressed Parliament as the first sitting PM to be caught law-breaking.

But the shameless Tory once again trotted out the excuse that he had no idea he was dodging the rules by being at No10 parties while the rest of the nation strictly obeyed lockdown.

Grieving relatives joined the call for Tory MPs to stand up to the shame being brought on their party and the country by the PM when they vote.

If found guilty, he could even be suspended from the Commons.

Keir Starmer branded Mr. Johnson dishonest in a scathing attack and one of his own party called on him to quit after he gave his first address since being fined by police.

MPs groaned as the PM offered a feeble apology, repeated 89 times, before launching into reasons why he should remain in No10, again using the Ukraine war and cost of living crisis as deflection for his own failings.

The PM repeated his line that "it did not occur to me then, or subsequently” that he may have broken the law with his No10 birthday bash in June 2020, while restrictions were in place.

Mr. Starmer was the first to respond to his Commons address.

The Labour leader accused Mr. Johnson of delivering a “mealymouthed apology” along with "deflections and distortions”.