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I’m not exaggerating partygate

The Gray report is historically damning

A veteran Tory MP, who I’ve known for almost 30 years, just laid into me – and my colleagues in much of the media – for allegedly exaggerating the seriousness of how Covid laws were systematically broken in 10 Downing Street.

He hadn’t read Sue Gray’s report into the rule-breaking parties and did not attend the PM’s statement on her findings.

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Robert Peston
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Robert Peston is Political Editor of ITV News and host of the weekly political discussion show Peston. His articles originally appeared on his ITV News blog.

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