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Boris Johnson: The six million pound man episode 2

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Boris Johnson's 'Donations in Kind'

The rumours flew around so freely that Boris Johnson was challenged about them on the floor of the House of Commons by senior Conservative backbencher William Rag. Mr Speaker, I am not a cynical sort, but I was slightly perplexed this week when the cabinet secretary and the director of government propriety and ethics were banned from attending my committee to give evidence which has been scheduled for two months. Was it the case of undeclared loans and donations in kind? Security insights into appointments to the House of Lords or indeed the consultation of the propriety and Ethics units in Minister appointments. There it all is, in one elegant question. Known unknowns morphing from rumour to supposition under the

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