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Johnson admits Starmer not personally involved in Jimmy Savile prosecution decisions

Guardian, 03 Feb 2022
The prime minister admits that Keir Starmer was not personally responsible for any decision taken not to prosecute the paedophile, sexual predator and TV personality Jimmy Savile.
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On Monday, in response to a speech from Starmer telling Johnson that he was not fit to be PM, he retaliated by falsely claiming that Starmer 'spent most of his time [as director of public prosecutions] prosecuting journalists and failing to prosecute Jimmy Savile'

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