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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar and Aubrey Allegretti

Boris Johnson Partygate report findings threaten to further derail Tories

Boris Johnson, right, at a gathering celebrating his birthday in the Cabinet Room at 10 Downing Street in June 2020, at which cake and alcohol were available.
Boris Johnson (right) at a gathering celebrating his birthday in the Cabinet Room at 10 Downing Street in June 2020, at which cake and alcohol were available. Photograph: Cabinet Office/PA

Boris Johnson deliberately misled parliament over Partygate and was part of a campaign to abuse and intimidate MPs investigating him, according to a damning official inquiry that threatens to further tear apart the Conservative party.

The long-awaited report by the privileges committee said the former prime minister would have faced a 90-day suspension from the Commons had he not quit in rage at its conclusions last week.

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