Boris Johnson will not apologise for berating Keir Starmer over the failure to prosecute Jimmy Savile. This comes as the PM faces an MSM onslaught as well as from disloyal members of his own party.
Ten Tory MPs called for Johnson to retract and apologise for the claims he made in the House of Commons last week.
Chris Philp, the digital minister, said the comment that Starmer had failed to prosecute the prolific child sex offender was “not incorrect” but said the prime minister had clarified he did not mean Starmer took the decision when he led the CPS.
“The first comments in the house on the previous Monday were capable of being misconstrued and that is why it is important and right that a couple of days later that Boris Johnson, the prime minister, did clarify that he was not suggesting at any time that Keir Starmer had personal responsibility for the case. But he obviously did have responsibility for the conduct of the CPS.
I don’t think there is any way you can reasonably suggest that the comments on Keir Starmer’s overall responsibility for the CPS in any way provoked the very unseemly and totally unacceptable harassment we saw last night.”
A Number 10 source said that the prime minister did not intend to go further than his condemnation of the abuse of Starmer.
Johnson’s initial comments said as director of public prosecutions he “spent more time prosecuting journalists and failing to prosecute Jimmy Savile”.
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