Scotland's Tory MPs must examine their conscience, says Jamie Stone ahead of Boris Johnson censure vote

Jamie Stone has called on Conservative MPs in Scotland to vote for a motion in parliament next week to censure Boris Johnson.

It comes after the House of Commons privileges committee recommended the former prime minister be suspended for 90 days for “deliberately misleading” parliament over partygate.

Mr Johnson stood down as an MP after receiving an advance copy of the report by the seven-strong committee. He insisted "not a shred of evidence" had been produced that he "knowingly or recklessly" misled the Commons over gatherings when Covid restrictions were in place.

The vote to approve the privileges committee’s recommendations is expected in parliament on Monday.

Mr Stone, the Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, said: “This report is completely unprecedented. Never before has a former British prime minister been found to have lied to parliament and treated the public with such contempt.

“Conservative MPs across Scotland need to examine their conscience and confirm they will vote to censure Boris Johnson. Anything less would be an insult to bereaved families who grieved alone while Boris Johnson lied and partied.

“The Conservative Party is now in a full-blown civil war, while people struggle to afford to pay their mortgage or get a GP appointment. It’s time that Conservative MPs stopped fighting among themselves and focused on tackling the problems facing the country, from the NHS crisis to the cost of living.”

In his resignation statement, Mr Johnson accused the committee of bias and said he was "bewildered and appalled" that he was being "forced out anti-democratically".

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