The Partygate probe should have stopped at Johnson, and let his tinpot army fade into obscurity | Simon Jenkins

MPs feel they have to assert their authority after his insults, but going after his friends risks looking petty and partisan

The House of Commons privileges committee is besotted with Boris Johnson. No sooner did we breathe sighs of relief as he disappeared over the horizon three weeks ago, than the committee has hauled him back for another thrashing in the headlines.

This time it is aiming at his “friends and allies”, who called it a kangaroo court and a witch-hunt. These friends stand accused fo...