“Boris Johnson is too busy denying what he knows and when he knew it that he’s missing in action. He’s lost his grip, and people are paying the price," Labour leader Keir Starmer has said.
The PM claimed ‘all guidance was followed completely’ - but Starmer said Christmas parties were banned last year.
A non-robotic performance from the Labour leader, you say?!
Starmer said that Corbyn "knows what he must do" to regain the Labour whip before the next election.
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The former prime minister’s comments are part of a foreword to a report, commissioned by the Tony Blair Institute, on why voters rejected the party in 2019.
The Labour leader said Johnson starts fights with Brussels to distract from scandals like the Owen Paterson affair.
Downing Street said Johnson couldn't make it back from the north-east in time for the Commons sleaze debate.
Keir Starmer said a Johnson no-show means the PM is "too arrogant or too cowardly" to face down the sleaze scandal.