Refusal to express opinion fuels belief PM is scared to upset remaining Johnson supporters
Downing Street has refused to say if Rishi Sunak believes Boris Johnson misled MPs, repeatedly declining to express any view at all on a Commons vote which censured the former prime minister.
Ministers were among 354 MPs who voted on Monday night to endorse a privileges’ committee report which found that Johnson had repeatedly lied when he assured the Commons he was unaware of lockdown-breaching parties. Only seven MPs voted against.
