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The Labour peer Stewart Wood argues the Electoral Commission announcement could paradoxically help Boris Johnson at PMQs in one respect.
One short-term consequence of this is that Boris Johnson can avoid answering any questions in #PMQs on #wallpapergate, saying that it would be inappropriate now that the Electoral Commission is investigating. https://t.co/n00ZoyBTVy
From Newsnight’s Lewis Goodall
It’s often been said that there are a different set of rules which apply to Boris Johnson compared to other politicians. It’s possible (at the moment just possible) with this episode and the launch of this investigation we’ve found the upper limit of that theory.
