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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan & John Stevens

Inside the Tory civil war ahead of crunch vote on Boris Johnson's Partygate lies report

Tory civil war has erupted last night as brazen allies of Boris Johnson stepped up their attacks on the "spiteful" Privileges Committee.

Top Johnson cheerleader Nadine Dorries said Tory MPs who endorse the report in a showdown vote on Monday should face deselection as other critics vowed to rebel.

The ex-Culture Secretary, who announced she was quitting as an MP after being denied a peerage, shamelessly questioned whether the four Tories on the committee would "find themselves on chicken runs into safe seats" or be awarded "gongs".

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