Nonsense that UK PM Johnson lied about lockdown party, Deputy PM Raab says

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Justice Secretary Dominic Raab arrives at the BBC headquarters to appear on The Andrew Marr Show, in London, Britain December 5, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

LONDON (Reuters) -A claim by a former senior adviser to Boris Johnson that the British Prime Minister lied to parliament about not knowing about a lockdown party in Downing Street is nonsense, Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said on Tuesday.

Asked if the prime minister's premiership was over if it could be proved that he had lied to parliament, Raab said: "Look, the suggestion that he's lied is nonsense.