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8 Dec, 4 tweets, 3 min read
NEW: 🚨A blockbuster #PMQs today and a whole lot of facts to be checked.

Starting with the big one: was there or wasn’t there a #ChristmasParty?!?

An unmissable fact check from @Femi_Sorry as he unravels the event that was both was & wasn’t, aka *Schrodinger’s Christmas Party*
@Femi_Sorry "A man who stood in the rain as he saw his sick father for the last time has said he is "devastated" and "very angry" that he followed lockdown rules while Downing Street staff held a Christmas party"
news.sky.com/story/man-who-…
@Femi_Sorry Health Secretary Sajid Javid has admitted having doubts about whether Covid rules were followed in Downing Street at an event last year alleged to have been a #Christmasparty.
theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
When the leader betrays public trust, consequences are real
theguardian.com/world/2021/dec…

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🔴 NEW: In the last week two Tory MPs have called for Britain to 'take back control' by scrapping the Human Rights Act

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➡️ How many qs did Johnson refuse to answer on his Covid Xmas party?

➡️ How many hospitals is Boris Johnson falsely claiming to ‘build’ this year?

➡️ And how many international laws has he pledged to break?
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