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Flaminia Luck

PM accused of acting like 'mafia boss' by Lib Dem leader amid new 'blackmail' allegations

Boris Johnson is under fire yet again after a bombshell allegation of blackmail was made by a Senior Tory MP in a statement made during a recent committee hearing.

The extraordinary claims were made by William Wragg, Tory MP for Hazel Grove and Chairman of the Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, who said he has received reports of conduct by members of the government amounting to “blackmail”.

Tory backbenchers are allegedly facing “pressures and intimidation” and threats to pull funding in their constituencies over their support for a no confidence motion in the Prime Minister after the fallout from Partygate continues.

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