Former PM argues in Unleashed he was victim of ‘witch-hunt’ and broke no rules with lockdown parties

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Boris Johnson has insisted he would have won another election if he had not been forced from Downing Street, arguing in his new memoir that he broke no rules with lockdown parties and was the victim of a conspiracy.

The former prime minister’s book, Unleashed, also reveals that he believed the risk to peace in Northern Ireland from Brexit was exaggerated and was used by opponents “to trap the UK in the EU”.