
Jacob Rees-Mogg: Boris Johnson would win by-election 'comfortably'
Boris Johnson would win a by-election "comfortably" if the Privileges Committee’s partygate investigation ends with the former prime minister being suspended, Jacob Rees-Mogg said.
The former business secretary said he believed the ex-premier would triumph at the ballot box because "he’s winning in the court of public opinion" and voters view the investigation as a "kangaroo court".
Mr Rees-Mogg told Channel 4 News: "We will have to wait and see what the committee suggests.
"But I think that if Boris Johnson went to a by-election he would win it comfortably. Because I think he’s winning in the court of public opinion, who see this as a kangaroo court."