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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar Political editor

Partygate: Johnson should reject any finding that he broke rules, say allies

Boris Johnson
At the end of the hearing on Wednesday, Johnson declined to give the committee any guarantee that he would accept their conclusions. Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/PA

Boris Johnson should refuse to accept the outcome of the privileges committee investigation if it concludes that he intentionally misled the Commons over the Partygate scandal, his allies have said.

Some of the former prime minister’s supporters believe he should reject the cross-party group’s findings if they decide, based on written evidence and a fractious three-and-a-half-hour evidence session on Wednesday, that he broke strict parliamentary rules.

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