Times columnist & Rees-Mogg already protecting Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson is due to give evidence to the Commons privileges committee from 2pm today, which could go on for a number of hours.

The hearing is in the Grimond Room in Portcullis House opposite Big Ben.

Mogg

Already, before he has spoken a word he supporters are trying to rubbish the investigation.

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Jacob Rees-Mogg said that the Privileges committee ‘make kangaroo courts look respectable.’

He said: “think [the committee] makes kangaroo courts look respectable.

“I think Harriet Harman’s position is absurd … that after Chris Bryant recused himself, quite rightly, she should not possibly have taken on the role when she’d expressed her view clearly beforehand.

“Whatever happens in the privileges committee, he will win in the court of public opinion.”

Giles Coren

Times writer Giles Coren was on the radio saying that ‘we all broke the rules,’ during the Covid lockdowns.

Giles Coren was just on the radio hooting that “we all broke the rules”.

It’s just not true. Many people didn’t break the rules to such an extent of not breaking the rules that they were denied the chance to say goodbye.
— Mic Wright (@brokenbottleboy) March 22, 2023

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It’s fairly likely that *a lot* of people at The Times broke the rules. It reported Boris Johnson’s birthday cake as fine and dandy before the story actually kicked off.
— Mic Wright (@brokenbottleboy) March 22, 2023

And here is that report…https://t.co/DjwnPBpPhd
— Stephen 🔶🐟🇺🇦🇪🇺 Same Handle Everywhere 😎 (@TheStephenRalph) March 22, 2023

None of family did, there were 4 people at my uncle's funeral and 2 of my colleagues has Zoom funerals. I didn't see my family for nearly 2 years.
— Cat🔰 @[email protected] (@cafrindorrell) March 22, 2023

We fucking didn't. We stuck to them like glue. It broke my outrageously gregarious husband and he spiralled into depression and alcoholism, and eventually had a heart attack and died. He died because he stuck to the rules.

Fuck Giles Coren! https://t.co/WDD0f0eiQ7
— George Forth 💔🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺🇫🇮🇬🇧🇪🇸 (@GeorgeForth) March 22, 2023

Ah, Giles Coren. The posh twat's posh twat. On the radio shouting that "we all broke the rules".
A) No we didn't. Far from it.
B) We weren't all Prime Minister.
C) We didn't all lie to the Commons about it.
— Bob Roberts (@BobRobPolitico) March 22, 2023

Giles Coren is one of them. Of course THEY "all broke the rules".
Millions & millions didn't & still lost their parents & grandparents..😠#JohnsonLiedPeopleDied pic.twitter.com/wZCeHdN5ff
— Christine Morgan #Socialist4Life✊😌 (@magmogz135) March 22, 2023

We weren't all the person responsible for making the rules either. And many of "us" who did break the rules were punished for it. "They" just don't care. https://t.co/WPaZ2k1FJi
— Tintin Milou 🇺🇦 (@tintin99milou) March 22, 2023

When Giles Coren says 'we all broke the rules', he means 'I broke the rules', but I'm just projecting'. https://t.co/69sij7Jbrw
— Paul Gallantry (@pjgallantry) March 22, 2023

Sounds like Coren is confessing to crimes; I look forward to hearing about his fixed-penalty fine. https://t.co/v71fJiEGK3
— Steve Kilbane (@kilbswhitecrow) March 22, 2023

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This is an absolutely transparent example of the failure by the entitled and privileged to understand what "we" means in contemporary Britain. https://t.co/zV246rUame
— The Tories Made Me German (@WyndhamWallace) March 22, 2023

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