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Two MPs who will decide Johnson’s fate backed rule-breaker Owen Paterson

Revealed: Two of the six MPs running partygate probe previously tried to rewrite Parliament’s rulebook to help a rule-breaking Tory

By Martin Williams and Ramzy Alwakeel
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Boris Johnson is alleged to have misled the Commons when he repeatedly told MPs that no lockdown rules were broken in Downing Street
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Two of the six MPs who are set to investigate Boris Johnson over partygate tried to get disgraced former minister Owen Paterson off the hook last year.

They sit on the Privileges Committee, which will launch an inquiry into whether the prime minister misled Parliament about lockdown-busting parties in Downing Street.

Laura Farris and Sir Bernard Jenkin, both Conservative MPs, voted in November to overrule the Standards Committee in a botched attempt to save Paterson from suspension – despite his rule-breaking lobbying work.

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