The controversy over the very lucrative duplication of Conservative MPs has not even had time to fade away as the Johnson government faces yet another scandal. November 30, Daily Mirror revealed that in December 2020, holiday parties were held with impunity in Downing Street, just as Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on his fellow citizens to forgo their family feasts.
Labor opposition leader Keir Starmer has since accused Boris Johnson of “Take the British for fools”, and Labor deputies filed a complaint with the Greater London Metropolitan Police. Scotland Yard said on Saturday 4 December that if the police did not “Not in the habit of retrospectively examining all possible violations of anti-Covid-19 regulations”, she was going anyway “Take into consideration” these complaints.
” Cheek to cheek “
According to Daily Mirror, which quotes government sources, on the evening of December 18, 2020, “Between 40 and 50 people were crammed cheek to cheek in a medium-sized room” in Downing Street. The BBC, which obtained confirmation of this party, specifies that there was ” drinks, food, and games ”- a quiz and a Secret Santa – and the party lasted “Until after midnight”. That same December 18, the country recorded 514 deaths linked to Covid-19, and the London region had just gone on high alert: indoor gatherings with people outside its home were prohibited. On December 19, Mr Johnson tightened the rules even further by asking his fellow citizens to give up the Christmas holidays for good. A long and difficult confinement followed, from which England did not begin to emerge until March 2021.
Boris Johnson did not deny these revelations and defended himself by saying that “All the rules” sanitary facilities had been observed. At the statement of the facts described, Dominic Raab, his Minister of Justice, recalled, Sunday, December 5, that it was about “Anonymous sources”, while recognizing that “If someone were to throw parties against the rules, that would be a bad thing.”
