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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Tory peer attacks ‘fanciful’ government claim people don’t care about No 10 parties

ITV / Peston

Senior Conservative peer Ruth Davidson has attacked the “absolutely fanciful” government claim that ordinary people do not care about Downing Street parties during the pandemic.

It follows a claim by cabinet minister Mark Spencer, moved from chief whip to Commons leader, that people in the “real world” don’t care about Boris Johnson’s Partygate scandal.

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