BORIS Johnson will face a crunch Commons vote this week on whether he twisted the truth over Partygate.
MPs will decide whether the PM deliberately misled them by previously promising no lockdown laws were broken in No10.
Mr Johnson insists he genuinely believed the birthday bash in the Cabinet room – for which he was fined £50 – obeyed all the rules.
But MPs will decide on Thursday if they buy this after Speaker Lindsay Hoyle agreed to Labour’s request for a vote.
Sir Keir Starmer will table a motion urging MPs to scold the PM for misleading the House and refer him to the Commons sleaze watchdog.
He will present MPs will a charge sheet of all the times they claim he misled Parliament over Partygate.
Mr Johnson will be on a long-planned trip to India at the time but will spend the next 48 hours pleading with Tory MPs to support him.
The PM will likely win the vote comfortably as few backbenchers are expected to break ranks and publicly rebuke their leader.
This afternoon he will address the Commons for the first time since receiving a fine from the Met Police over the June 2020 gathering.
Mr Johnson, his wife Carrie and Rishi Sunak were all slapped with £50 fixed penalty notices last week for flouting lockdown rules.
While he will offer a full-throated apology, the PM will double down on claims his past statements to Parliament were made in good faith.
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