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No one has done more to save Boris than Keir Starmer

19 February 2022

9:00 AM

19 February 2022

9:00 AM

Boris Johnson has a lot of people to thank for his survival in 10 Downing Street, but Keir Starmer should be at the top of the list. The Labour leader whipped his MPs to side with the government when lockdown votes looked tricky. Labour even saved Johnson from a defeat in the Commons over vaccine passports.

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