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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Political correspondent

‘Boris Johnson thinks he’s honest’: Devon candidate declines to say if PM trustworthy

Helen Hurford, with Boris Johnson in Tiverton, Devon
Helen Hurford, with Boris Johnson in Tiverton, Devon, said the party faced a tight battle in the byelection. Photograph: Andrew Parsons CCHQ/Parsons Media

The Conservative candidate in Tiverton and Honiton has blamed the media for preventing the public from “moving on” from Partygate and twice declined to say that Boris Johnson was honest.

In an interview with the Guardian, Helen Hurford acknowledged the party faced a very tight battle to retain the previously ultra-safe seat and criticised what she called the media’s “persistent regurgitating of Partygate”. Asked if she believed Boris Johnson was fundamentally honest, Hurford twice refused to say.

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