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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ashley Cowburn

Boris Johnson labelled ‘moral vacuum’ over Savile comments by former Tory chairman

AP

A former Conservative Party chairman has labelled Boris Johnson a “moral vacuum” for his failure to apologise for the false claim that Sir Keir Starmer failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile.

In a stinging attack on the prime minister, Lord Chris Patten also suggested the party had undergone “fundamental change” with some sections having “turned into an English nationalist, populist, Johnsonian cult”.

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