‘The party’s over, Boris’: Newspapers react to latest lockdown breaches
The Telegraph says the PM is "losing Tory support", while The Sun runs with "It's my party and I'll lie low if I want to".
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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2016-2018 and Mayor of London 2008-2016. Johnson has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015 and was previously MP for Henley from 2001 to 2008. He has been described as adhering to the ideology of one-nation and national conservatism.
PM must resign if he broke lockdown rules says Scottish Tory leader
Meanwhile, Scottish Health Secretary Humza Yousaf accused the PM of “mocking” those who lost loved ones to the virus.
Elevenses: Red Red Wall
From the newsletter: Regional inequality - not Partygate - will determine Boris Johnson's fate.
Tories mocked for praising free roaming from two mobile firms as Brexit ‘win’
“Let's celebrate having something we already had!," one actor exclaimed after Boris Johnson and Nadine Dorries boasted about free roaming.
Watch: MP cries in chamber & hits out at No 10 parties
There were 807 fixed penalty notices issued for breaches of Covid rules in England and Wales in the week between May 15 and May 21 2020.
PM party: The two-minute clip that should ’cause outrage across the country’
"We must not forget all the cabinet ministers who have fallen over themselves to support him. The whole rotten lot need to go."
Fury at PM over BYOB party – but Micheal Rosen’s comment hits home hardest
Rosen had a cast iron excuse why he couldn't make the illegal bash.
Lockdown party: PM’s ‘rare example of truth telling’ comes back to bite him
"There is nothing more frustrating for the vast majority who do comply—the law-abiding majority—than the sight of a few brazenly defying the rules," the PM told the House.
PM’s aide invited over 100 staff to BYOB lockdown gathering – report
Judging by the replies many staff were appalled by the idea, with one asking why Martin Reynolds was "encouraging a mass gathering in the garden" and another saying "is this for real?"