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Ben Houchen, the Conservative Tees Valley mayor, has told LBC that he thinks Boris Johnson should be judged “in the round” and not on the basis of Partygate. He said:
I think as with everything in life, the prime minister has apologised.
Obviously, it’s a very, very serious issue. He has clearly made a very serious and grave mistake, but I’m a big believer in life, as we all should be, [that] we all make mistakes.
