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The Chancellor was more than 200 miles rom Westminster as the Prime Minister apologised for attending a drinks event in his back garden while they were banned in May 2020.
The Chancellor, a potential successor as Tory leader who avoided PMQs by travelling 200 miles from London to Devon, said on Twitter that Mr Johnson was right to apologise over the party scandal.
The stage is set for an explosive PMQs with Labour demanding Boris Johnson 'comes clean' over a 'bring your own booze' bash at Downing Street in May 2020.
On a day when his future as Prime Minister was being openly questioned, Tory MPs broke ranks to demand he urgently address claims of a lockdown-busting gathering in No 10 garden.
Grieving families of Covid victims yesterday called on Boris Johnson to apologise as he ducked questions over Downing Street's 'lockdown-busting' party.