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Boris Johnson's aides joked about Christmas party in Downing Street while London was in lockdown
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Dec 08, 2021 04:41pm |
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| Category | Scandal |
| Author | Luke McGee |
| News Date | Wednesday, December 8, 2021 09:10:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | London (CNN) Boris Johnson has faced many scandals in his more than two years as UK Prime Minister. But the latest one is the gravest yet.
For the past week, the British Prime Minister has been buffeted by multiple claims that social events were held inside 10 Downing Street in the runup to Christmas 2020, when the country was under coronavirus regulations that outlawed such activities.
The controversy deepened markedly on Tuesday with the emergence of a video broadcast by CNN affiliate ITV News from the time that appears to show Number 10 officials joking about the parties during a rehearsal for televised press briefings.
Downing Street's position, before and since the video was leaked, is this: "There was no Christmas party and coronavirus rules had been followed at all times." Johnson has announced an internal inquiry and on Wednesday, one of the officials in the video -- the prime minister's former spokeswoman Allegra Stratton, resigned as a government adviser. |
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