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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent

MPs hit back at Boris Johnson’s legal attempts to rubbish Partygate inquiry

Boris Johnson at a gathering in the Cabinet Room in 10 Downing Street in June 2020 for his birthday
Boris Johnson at a gathering in the Cabinet Room in 10 Downing Street in June 2020 for his birthday. Scotland Yard issued over more than 100 penaty notices, including to the then prime minister, for law-breaking Covid parties. Photograph: Cabinet Office/PA

Lawyers hired by Boris Johnson to rubbish the Commons Partygate inquiry have a “systemic misunderstanding” of parliamentary process and used “misplaced analogies”, according to a group of senior MPs.

In a fightback campaign to avoid the investigation into the former prime minister being derailed, the privileges committee drew up a dossier to refute criticism about its work.

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