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By Mark Jefferies Boris Johnson has hit out at a new Channel 4 documentary insisting his father Stanley is “heroic” – despite once breaking his wife’s nose. New series The Rise And Fall Of Boris Johnson starts tonight and within it the childhood of the former Prime Minister is discussed. Boris’ father, Stanley Johnson, has confirmed for the first time he broke the nose of Boris’ mother Charlotte, in a statement via his lawyers to the programme. On screen at the end of episode one, it says: “Although Stanley Johnson admits he once struck his wife and broke her nose during an altercation, he say…

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