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What the papers say – March 4

One story dominates the front pages on Saturday.

The Independent UK

UK mulled killing 10.9 million cats to stop COVID’s spread during the pandemic’s early days

The UK government seriously discussed killing every cat in the country during the early days of the COVID pandemic, it has been confirmed.

The New Daily

Pressure on Johnson over whether MPs misled on partygate

The cross-party Privileges Committee said the Commons may have been misled at least four times.

The Independent UK

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 4 March 2023

In 2016, one of our first Weekly Wraps explored the stunned aftermath of the Brexit referendum. After years of institutional failure, diplomatic faux-pas, and bad-faith policy, we are pleased to finally be able to share a rare piece of positive Brexit news.

inkl Originals

After the shameful disrespect, it’s now time for Boris Johnson to take blame

The party has long been over for cake-guzzling former Prime Minister Boris Johnson after he undermined the trust of the British public and totally trashed political standards

Daily Mirror

Partygate rulebreaking would've been obvious to Boris Johnson - because he was THERE

Ex-PM Boris Johnson 'knew of law breaches' because he was THERE as MPs probing whether he lied to Parliament give damning verdict and new bashes come to light

Daily Mirror

Shameless Boris Johnson brazenly tries to rubbish infamous Sue Gray Partygate report

The former PM claimed it was 'surreal' the Commons Privileges Committee, which is investigating him, will use evidence from Ms Gray given she is poised to become Keir Starmer’s chief of staff. Labour dismissed the comments as 'ludicrous'

Daily Mirror

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Starmer refuses to say when Sue Gray first approached for Labour role

Sue Gray is planning to become the Labour leader’s chief of staff.

The Independent UK

New Partygate WhatsApp messages show No10 aides feared 'p**s up' stories getting out

An unrepentant Boris Johnson insisted there was 'no evidence' to show he knew rules were being broken with lockdown bashes - despite the Commons Privileges Committee saying it should have been 'obvious' to him

Daily Mirror

Worst of Westminster: Red-faced Hancock and more Lee Anderson drama

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The National (Scotland)

MPs’ Partygate report paints compelling picture of an attempted cover-up

Boris Johnson in fightback mode after publication of interim report but he is in an increasingly weak position

The Guardian - UK

The partygate inquiry: The key questions facing Boris Johnson

The Commons Privileges Committee has set out the issues it intends to address when it questions the former prime minister.

The Independent UK

Timeline of lockdown gatherings as committee investigates whether Johnson lied

The saga is not over, with a Commons committee investigating whether the former PM lied to MPs with his partygate denials.

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage on Boris saying ‘f*** the Americans’: ‘Biden hasn’t exactly been friendly to the UK’

‘That’s just Boris being Boris,’ the former UKIP leader says

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Read bombshell Partygate inquiry Whatsapp messages in full

‘I’m struggling to come up with a way this one is in the rules in my head’

The Guardian - UK

Sunak is the Michael Corleone of the Tory party – try as he might to break free, he’s up to his neck in it

The return of Boris Johnson, Matt Hancock and Partygate shows that, as the Godfather found, it’s almost impossible to escape past sins, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Evening Standard

OPINION - Boris Johnson may have misled MPs over partygate – inquiry

News cycles are like cats – you can feed and generally treat them like kings, but they are never something you truly own. Still, on Monday afternoon when Rishi Sunak revealed the Windsor Framework reforming the Northern Ireland Protocol, he might have hoped to earn a full week of positive…

Manchester Evening News

Covid rule breaches would have been 'obvious' to Boris Johnson, MPs say

The cross-party Privileges Committee said evidence suggest the House of Commons was misled by the former Prime Minister

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Evening Standard

HS2 timeline: government confirms train will run to London Euston

Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the HS2 train line will continue into the city centre by connecting to London Euston and will not terminate at Old Oak Common – as had been mooted.

The Independent UK

Messages show how No 10 struggled to explain Covid parties within rules

Communications director Jack Doyle wondered whether a proposed explanation blew a ‘gaping hole’ in Boris Johnson’s account.

The Guardian - UK

Did Boris Johnson ‘follow the science’ on Covid? He couldn’t even do the maths

Leaked WhatsApps reveal his ignorance needing constant correction by advisers, says Kit Yates, director of the Centre for Mathematical Biology at the University of Bath

The Independent UK

Partygate probe’s reliance on Sue Gray ‘surreal’ amid Labour move, Johnson says

The former prime minister and his allies used the partygate investigator’s Labour appointment to discredit the probe into whether he lied to MPs.

The Independent UK

Key takeaways from explosive new Partygate report

Boris Johnson to be grilled by MPs later this month on new allegations in the scandal

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson news – live: Labour denies Sue Gray appointment a ‘distraction’ from Partygate inquiry

Labour chairwoman Anneliese Dodds says she is “delighted” Sue Gray has joined Labour and that the right procedures will be followed

The Guardian - UK

Conspiracy theories about Sue Gray’s job with Labour are absurd – here’s why

I worked closely with Gray and she is the ultimate professional, says former head of the civil service Bob Kerslake

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