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Boris Johnson claims sleaze attacks do ‘disservice’ to citizens of genuinely ‘dirty’ nations

Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer
Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer had fierce words over corruption in the Commons this week
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The prime minister has insisted that Britain is “one of the cleanest democracies” in the world, after being accused of being at the “rotten core” of Tory sleaze scandals.

In what The Times’ Quentin Letts described as a “grotty” PMQs session, Labour leader Keir Starmer called on Boris Johnson to apologise for “trying to give the green light to corruption” by attempting to let Tory MP Owen Paterson “off the hook”.

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