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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak lashed out at his predecessor Boris Johnson Monday in a row over political honours for allies of the former premier.

Outgoing British prime ministers routinely recommend aides and close political associates for honours or elevation to the unelected House of Lords. Johnson was forced out of office last year by…

Outgoing British prime ministers routinely recommend aides and close political associates for honours or elevation to the unelected House of Lords. Johnson himself also resigned as an MP on Friday claiming he had been forced out in a stitch-up by political opponents on the cross-party inquiry investigating whether he lied to parliament over “Partygate”.

“Boris Johnson asked me to do something that I wasn’t prepared to do, because I didn’t think it was right. That was to either overrule the Holac committee, or to make promises to people,” he said.

 

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