'Chickens are coming home to roost'

The Independent's Morning Headlines email [The Independent]( June 20, 2023 [View online](   [Morning Headlines]( 1 /[Only seven Tories back Boris Johnson as Commons votes that he lied to parliament]( [Boris Johnson]( has endured a final humiliation over the [Partygate]( scandal in parliament as MPs backed the scathing report which found he deliberately lied to the Commons and just seven Tories voted in his favour. [Rishi Sunak]( was accused of being “too weak” to stand up to Mr Johnson and his “sycophants” after the PM ducked the Commons debate as the privileges committee report was approved by the opposition and 118 Tory MPs. Parliament’s damning verdict on Mr Johnson came as [Metropolitan Police]( launched a new investigation into alleged breaches of [Covid]( laws at No 10, Chequers, inside parliament and Conservative Party HQ. The fresh probe includes the Christmas party where Tory staffers were filmed dancing and joking about “bending” Covid rules – as it emerged on Monday that the activists were formally invited to a “jingle and mingle” party. Senior [Labour]( MP Sir Chris Bryant told The Independent: “It feels like justice takes a long time to turn the bend – finally, chickens are coming home to roost.”   2 /[British billionaire and renowned French diver among those stranded on Titanic tourist submarine]( Hamish Harding’s stepson confirmed that his stepfather is missing on board the OceanGate Expeditions submersible 3 / [UK ‘hurtling into mortgage disaster’ as rates near highs seen during Truss turmoil]( ‘No one’s at the helm of the ship, we don’t know where we’re going to end up,’ warns one mortgage broker 4 / [Regular daytime naps could be good for the brain, study shows]( Researchers hope their findings will help reduce any stigma that still exists around daytime napping 5 / [Bukayo Saka cements his place as England’s next leading man with first career hat-trick]( England 7-0 North Macedonia: Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford and Kalvin Phillips also scored as Gareth Southgate’s men ran rampant at Old Trafford EDITORIAL There is no escaping the mess the Conservatives are in – but the country must not suffer for it As the [Conservative Party]( faces a mounting list of problems – all of its own making – it is the country that suffers. Most recently it is the families who lost loved ones to Covid-19, viewing the [footage of Tory activists partying during lockdown]( in 2020. Reliving that pain and feeling the anger that follows must be incredibly difficult, and while [Michael Gove’s apology]( over the video during the Sunday morning media rounds was the correct thing to do, it will bring little comfort. The added twist of the knife is how it links to [Boris Johnson’s “dishonours” list](, with one of the revellers [featured in the video]( – Ben Mallet, a former aide to the ex-prime minister – awarded an OBE. The event, at Conservative Party headquarters, was organised by the campaign team for Shaun Bailey, who was running for London mayor at the time. Mr Bailey was awarded a peerage in Mr Johnson’s honours list. 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