Refusal to express opinion fuels belief PM is scared to upset remaining Johnson supporters
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Downing Street has refused to say if Rishi Sunak believes Boris Johnson misled MPs, declining repeatedly to express any view at all on a Commons vote that censured the former prime minister.
Ministers were among 354 MPs who voted on Monday night to endorse a privileges’ committee report that found Johnson had lied repeatedly when he assured the Commons he was unaware of lockdown-breaching parties. Seven MPs voted against.
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