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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Mark Townsend Home Affairs Editor

Far right celebrates after Johnson repeats ‘Savile slur’ in parliament

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (C) attending Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons.
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (C) attending Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/AFP/Getty Images

A network of white supremacists, neo-Nazis and antisemites has celebrated Boris Johnson’s false claim that Keir Starmer failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile.

Johnson was roundly criticised, including by some Tory MPs, after he made the accusation during an ill-tempered exchange in the Commons last Monday.

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