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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom & Lizzy Buchan

Boris Johnson ally suggests he shouldn't apologise to Commons - but Keir Starmer should

A Tory minister today demanded Keir Starmer apologise for “misleading Parliament” - while blocking an investigation into Boris Johnson for doing just that.

Nadhim Zahawi claimed it would be “playing politics” to refer the Prime Minister to the Privileges Committee, to decide whether he lied to MPs by denying all knowledge of Partygate.

But seconds later, he demanded Keir Starmer come to the Commons to correct the record about a claim he made yesterday at PMQs.

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