Boris Johnson and several members of his team were found to have repeatedly flouted strict lockdown rules during the coronavirus pandemic.
Kemi Badenoch faced a backlash today after the new Conservatives leader claimed the Partygate row that toppled Boris Johnson was "overblown".
The former leader resigned in disgrace that year after he and several members of his team were found to have repeatedly flouted strict lockdown rules during the coronavirus pandemic. She went on: "Some of those things I think were perception issues, a lot of the stuff that happened around Partygate was not why I resigned. I thought that it was overblown. We should not have created fixed penalty notices, for example. That was us not going with our principles."
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