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The pair clashed in the Commons after the Prime Minister accused the Labour leader of repeatedly calling for the UK to stay in the European Medicines Agency after Brexit during PMQs.The two men then walked out of the Commons chamber together before witnesses allege that Sir Keir ‘lost it’ and started berating Mr Johnson. The Labour leader later admitted he made a mistake, suggesting he ‘misheard’ the Prime Minister at the dispatch box..
The altercation was said to have become so heated that Sir Keir had to be led away by Labour whip Chris Matheson.Tory MP Mark Francois told The Sun: ‘As I was walking out of the chamber, I saw Sir Keir and the PM standing near the entrance to the aye lobby. ‘He was puce with anger, and wagging his finger aggressively at the PM, who was telling him to check the record.’
However, Mr Matheson said the claims were ‘absolute b****cks’. He added: ‘There was a brief chat and then Keir and I left together. Nothing more to it than that.’A Labour source added: ‘They had a perfectly reasonable conversation as they often do after PMQs.’Asked about the alleged altercation, Mr Johnson’s press secretary Allegra Stratton said: ‘I have seen the reports but I haven’t seen the Prime Minister since he went to the Chamber so I can’t confirm or deny that.
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