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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ashley Cowburn

Partygate: Boris Johnson has become ‘great debaser of decency’ after ‘shredding’ ministerial code, historian says

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Boris Johnson “shredded” the ministerial code over the Partygate scandal and has become a “great debaser of decency” in political life, according to an eminent historian.

Five days after Mr Johnson was issued with a fixed-penalty notice for flouting Covid regulations, and refused to resign, Lord Peter Hennessy said it was the “most severe constitutional crisis involving a prime minister”.

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