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Nicholas Cecil

Misleading Parliament would be worse for PM than by-election defeats, says Sir John Curtice

Boris Johnson is fighting for his survival as Prime Minister (Leon Neal/PA)

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Boris Johnson is likely to face fresh moves to topple him if he is found to have knowingly misled Parliament over No10 parties rather than if the Tories suffer defeats in two looming by-elections, polling expert Sir John Curtice said on Tuesday.

The Professor of Politics at Strathclyde University does not believe that the confidence vote, which the Prime Minister won by 211 to 148 votes, will necessarily change his public popularity either way.

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