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Boris Johnson has been accused of launching a 'desperate' attack on the Partygate committee hours before it released its damning verdict that the former Prime Minister lied to Parliament.< /p>

The former Prime Minister called on senior Tory Sir Bernard Jenkin to 'explain his actions and resign' from the privileges committee, after the pro-Boris Guido website Fawkes claimed he also broke lockdown rules by attending a happy hour for his wife's birthday in December 2020.

A source close to the committee said it was 'desperate stuff' from Boris' camp, and noted that the committee was deciding on Mr Johnson's demands in the Commons rather than the rallies themselves.

The attempt to undermine the report due Thursday came after Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer accused Rishi Sunak of being 'too weak' to block his predecessor's resignation honors list in a fiery Prime Minister's Questions dominated by peerages .

"If he's so tough, why didn't he block it?" Sir Keir asked - before saying the honors should be for 'public service, not Tory cronies'.

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