Doubts cast on No 10 claims about letter clearing dog airlift out of Kabul
by Dan Sabbagh from World news | The Guardian on (#5STP9)
No 10 says Trudy Harrison gave permission as an MP rather than in her capacity as aide to Boris Johnson
Allies of animal charity boss Pen Farthing and a Labour MP have cast doubt on Downing Street claims about a letter by Boris Johnson's parliamentary aide Trudy Harrison giving him permission to be evacuated from Kabul in August.
No 10 said Harrison was acting in her capacity as a constituency MP" when she wrote the letter - as it continued to insist that Boris Johnson had not ordered the rescue of Farthing and his cats and dogs ahead of desperate Afghans.
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