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Daily Express – Boris: Hand on heart I did not lie to House Summary of the front page The Daily Express leads with Boris Johnson’s “hand on heart” claim to the privileges committee that he did not lie to the House of Commons. The paper describes the former prime minister as “bullish” as he faced what it calls his “interrogators in a televised showdown”. The front page also features an image of Prince William visiting troops. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

The Sun – Wills the freedom fighter Summary of the front page The Sun reports on Prince William’s trip to the Ukrainian border to meet with troops on the NATO frontline in Poland. The Prince of Wales made a secret trip to Poland to meet British troops close to Poland’s border with Ukraine. There is a large picture of the future king joking with smiling soldiers. The paper reports he told them they were “defending our freedoms” from Putin’s Russia. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

Daily Mirror – Just drinks after a difficult day? Plenty of people were having difficult days, Boris Summary of the front page The Daily Mirror says Boris Johnson has been accused by opposition MPs of insulting families of COVID victims with his comments at the privileges committee. The paper accuses him of “insulting Covid families” – and “those who sacrificed so much” with a “string of Partygate excuses”. “Just drinks after a difficult day? asks its headline – with the response: “plenty of people were having difficult days, Boris.” Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National…

Boris Johnson facing formal reprimand for misleading parliament The Guardian says Boris Johnson faces being formally reprimanded for recklessly misleading parliament after MPs investigating the Partygate scandal denounced his “flimsy” explanations and suggested he had wrongly interpreted Covid guidance. The former prime minister was left fighting for his political career after a tetchy three-and-a-half-hour evidence session in which he repeatedly claimed No 10 parties, with alcohol and little social distancing, had been “necessary” for work purposes. Harriet Harman, the chair of the privileges committee investigating whether Johnson deliberately misled MPs over lockdown gatherings, expressed dismay at the “flimsy nature” of…

Boris Johnson claimed No 10 drinks party was for official who didn’t leave until month later The Independent says Boris Johnson has been urged to correct his Partygate inquiry testimony after he was found to have claimed a No 10 party marked the exit of the top civil servant who did not resign until a month later. The former Tory prime minister claimed the notorious “bring your own booze” garden party on 20 May 2020 had been aimed at motivating staff because cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill had quit. But Mr Sedwill did not resign until 29 June 2020 – more…

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Boris snaps at people who ‘don’t know what they’re talking about’ in heated grilling The Metro says Boris Johnson lost his temper and barked at the head of the committee grilling him over the Partygate scandal and said ‘people who say that we were partying in lockdown simply do not know what they are talking about.’ The former PM has sat through several hours of questioning by the Privileges Committee in parliament. Mr Johnson admits misleading MPs, but said he ‘didn’t mean to.’ He is battling to save his political career and in a 52-page document submitted on Monday he…

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Boris Johnson declares ‘hand on my heart, I didn’t lie to the House’ during grilling over Partygate The Sun says BORIS Johnson yesterday tore into claims he misled the Commons as his Partygate hearing began, declaring: “Hand on my heart, I didn’t lie to the House.” The former PM, who was fighting for his political career, insisted he was not trying to deceive MPs when he claimed no rules had been broken at No10 during lockdown. Under fire for attending boozy parties while shutting down the country, Mr Johnson said it was “staggeringly implausible” that he would have allowed the…

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