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7 years later both Keith Vaz & Boris Johnson face very different circumstances

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In response to lurid allegations in the press including a few "F" words alleged to be said, Keith Vaz has reportedly said this,               "I have referred these allegations to my solicitor Mark Stephens, of Howard Kennedy, who will consider them carefully and advise me on what is published."
Keith Vaz has stood aside as chair of home affairs select committee.

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The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, was involved in an expletive-filled exchange with a senior MP who criticised him for giving confused evidence to a Commons committee.

The Tory mayor is said to have used the F-word 10 times and accused Keith Vaz, the Labour chairman of the home affairs committee, of talking "bullshit" during a telephone call, according to the London Evening Standard.

Minutes of the conversation were produced and circulated to members of the committee, the Standard reported. Johnson's aides said he had used the F-word no more than two or three times and was disappointed that a private conversation had been made public.

In a statement, a spokeswoman for Johnson said that the pair had spoken by phone after Vaz and a committee colleague had appeared on BBC television accusing the mayor of being "uncooperative and confused".

The spokeswoman said: "The mayor made his points forcefully and once or twice used strong language, because he believes he has been cooperative and courteous on all the issues of concern to the committee and sought to answer every further question that has been put to him. Despite this, Mr Vaz has repeatedly suggested otherwise."

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