No 10 refuses to say if Sunak agrees with Commons vote to punish Johnson
by Peter Walker Deputy political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6CAAJ)
Refusal to express opinion fuels belief PM is scared to upset remaining Johnson supporters
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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