Green Party calls on local MP to do the right thing over Partygate
Local Green Party representatives are questioning the reaction of local MP Julie Marson to the ‘Party-gate’ scandal following her statement this afternoon [01 Feb 2022].
With Boris Johnson being accused of lying to Parliament over parties held in No.10 Downing Street while the country was in lockdown, the Green Party has said that it is past time for the Prime Minister to resign.
Leader of the East Herts Greens, Alex Daar, said: “Boris Johnson’s desperate attempts to cling onto power are making a mockery of our democracy. The vast majority of people now think he should resign because of his shameful behaviour, and yet our local MP Julie Marson has tried to defend the indefensible.
“Boris Johnson’s failure of leadership is not only damaging trust in public health measures, but he is also allowing other very urgent issues to spiral out of control, including the cost of living, potential war in Ukraine, and the climate crisis.
“For the good of the country Johnson must go, and I find it deeply worrying that Julie Marson appears to be placing a misguided party loyalty ahead of the interests of Hertford and Stortford and the nation.”
But Ms Daar also warned that replacing Boris Johnson with another untrustworthy MP as Prime Minister would not solve the problem, saying:
“We should be under no illusion that just getting rid of Boris Johnson will fix the culture of hypocrisy and entitlement that has taken hold in our political system. I am worried that we will end up with one charlatan replacing another.
“Whoever is our next Prime Minister should be subject to rigorous scrutiny. They should not, like Boris Johnson and his colleagues, apparently see no problem in lying to the public and to other MPs.”