
D-Day for Boris Johnson
Politics Unpacked
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Boris Johnson
How can Boris Johnson say, what could he say, that will counter that narrative? Does it all depend on his repeated use of the phrase 'the rules weren't broken' I'm told that kind of sensational reporting was untrue. What it comes down to is one critical WhatsApp message that was sent from his then director of communications ahead of his appearance in the comments. It said, as a line to take, this is the response to media queries about reports of specific parties that no rules had been broken. That didn't extend to other events and parties in number 10. So that that matters because in that statement in the Commons, Boris Johnson was absolutely explicit that at all times the rules were followed
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