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Downing Street Christmas party scandal prompts a tsunami of social media memes
We've picked out the top 10 for Number 10.
‘Don’t go to work, but do go to parties’: Newspapers react to Plan B announcement
The Daily Star simply refers to the PM as “Captain Cock-up”, while The Mirror said it is Plan B for us and plan 'lie, lie, lie' for him.
Really?! Police will not investigate ‘rule-breaking No 10 Xmas party’
Amid mounting public anger Allegra Stratton, who was the Prime Minister’s spokeswoman, resigned.
MPs hiding in toilets? Patel’s immigration reforms clear Commons amid chaotic scenes
The Bill also gives Border Force officers powers to turn migrants away from the UK while at sea, and makes it a criminal offence to knowingly arrive in the UK without permission.
Watch: Allegra Stratton breaks down as she resigns her role in government
"I will regret those remarks for the rest of my days," she said.
Hardcore anti-vaxxers may ‘need deradicalising like terrorists’ it is claimed
“They’ll refuse anything – ‘I’m not going to wear a mask’, ‘I’m not going to get vaccinated’, ‘I don’t think climate change is happening’, ‘Covid is a hoax’, and, you know, ‘Hillary Clinton is actually a reptilian shapeshifter’.
‘Crushed:’ Man admitted to hospital on day of Downing Street ‘party’ never saw family again
"We were grieving it was making us angry that people were being so stupid – and then we find out now that the Government was complicit in all this and they were having their little parties.”
Three doses of Pfizer vaccine ‘neutralises’ Omicron, tests show
A new vaccine designed specifically for Omicron could be delivered by March 2022, Pfizer/BioNTech said.
Numerous stars settle phone-hacking claims with publisher of News Of The World & The Sun
The publisher, through its legal team, made public apologies for the actions of the News Of The World, but did not admit any liability in relation to allegations of phone hacking at one of its other newspapers, The Sun.