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A former adviser to Boris Johnson when he was mayor of London has also been defending the prime minister this morning. He said his former boss should not be forced out before Sue Gray’s report.
Lord Moylan told Sky News:
I think we have to see what Sue Gray says about what the rules were in a work environment at that time.
People who had to go to work, had to work in a work environment with social distancing, as far as possible, he (Prime Minister) walked into the garden, he shouldn’t have stayed in the garden, he’s apologised for that, and now we go forward from there.
The prime minister has my trust, he has my confidence, he stood at the despatch box the other day and he gave an account of himself that I can understand and that I accept.
If Sue Gray comes out and says something different then we’re in a different place and I’m happy to come back and reflect on my feelings then.
The ministerial care code is clear: the highest responsibility that any minister has is to be accurate in what they say to the House of Commons. That is the very foundation of our parliamentary democracy.
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