U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak emerged unaffected from a day of parliamentary drama after convincingly won the key vote in the referendum, while former prime minister Boris Johnson cut a defensive figure as he denied lying to lawmakers during the so-called Partygate scandal.
Sunak won the vote on a crucial element of the new deal he struck with the European Union last month by an overwhelming margin of 515 votes to 29 on Wednesday despite a rebellion by 22 Tories, including Johnson and Liz Truss.
Johnson faced a three-hour grilling by the House of Commons Privileges Committee on whether he intentionally misled Parliament over Partygate, a series of rule-breaking gatherings in Downing Street during the pandemic.
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