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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rob Merrick

‘Desperate’ Boris Johnson accused of using India trade trip to ‘run away’ from Partygate crisis

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Boris Johnson was accused of “running away” from his Partygate crisis last night, as he flew to India for a trade trip that critics said would achieve nothing significant.

Opposition parties seized on the agenda for the visit, with no post-Brexit trade deal to be agreed – and with the prime minister set to avoid a confrontation over India’s refusal to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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