Boris Johnson tells inquiry 'you've found nothing' to prove he knew parties were against rules

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Boris Johnson has hit out at successor Rishi Sunak in the opening minutes of his Partygate hearing after claiming Covid rules ‘must have been equally obvious to the current prime minister’.Parliament over Partygate gatherings at Downing Street.for 10 days if the seven-strong cross-party Privileges Committee of MPs finds he recklessly misled the House – it could even trigger a by-election in his Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency.

Mr Johnson and Mr Sunak both faced fixed penalty notices over their part in Downing Street parties during Covid lockdowns, but the former PM has denied intentionally misleading parliament when denying rules had been broken during his time as PM.

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