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Did Boris Survive The Partygate Inquiry?
At a hearing yesterday, the former prime minister said that one gathering where he was pictured toasting colleagues during a COVID-19 lockdown was "absolutely essential for work purposes." The privileges committee grilled Boris Johnson for three hours over the Partygate scandal, to discover if he deliberately misled the Commons by denying that any COVID-19 lockdown rules had been broken. Here's what to know about the hearing, the reaction and if Johnson's political career will survive.
The Hearing
His Defence
The Reaction
End of a Political Career?
Further Reading
