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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jon Stone

Tory minister goes on bizarre rant about ‘democracy’ when asked if Boris Johnson will face consequences if he broke law

UK Parliament

A Conservative minister has launched into a bizarre rant about "honouring democracy" after she was asked whether Boris Johnson would face consequences for allegedly breaking the law during lockdown.

Suella Braverman was fielding questions from MPs in the House of Commons when she was asked by Labour member Rupa Huq whether "anyone who is found to have breached lockdown regulations, whatever their rank" would face "the same consequences as Joe Public did".

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