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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Rachel Wearmouth

Squirming Boris Johnson confronted over his party for MPs hours after Partygate fines

Boris Johnson was left cringing as MPs challenged him over a shameless boozy bash for Tory MPs, held just hours after cops issued fines for law-breaking Downing Street parties.

The embattled Prime Minister treated around 200 Tories to a slap-up meal, with fine wines and entertainment, in a bid to boost his leadership after the Partygate scandal.

It came the same day as bereaved people marked one year of the National Covid Memorial Wall and as Scotland Yard confirmed 20 fixed penalty notices would be issued for breaches of rules the PM himself introduced.

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