Finally! Met Police to investigate alleged Downing Street parties
Cressida Dick said an investigation is being launched because No 10 parties have now reached the 'threshold'.
Cressida Dick said an investigation is being launched because No 10 parties have now reached the 'threshold'.
The crowd could be heard chanting “my name is Boris” and “this is a work event”, referencing Johnson’s apology that he attended a party during the first Covid lockdown which he ‘thought was a work gathering’.
Tim Stanley said "there is a whiff of revenge for Brexit" with the attacks on Boris Johnson.
DUP MP Jim Shannon said his mother-in-law had ‘died alone’ during the pandemic while Downing Street had parties.
A leaked email shows the prime minister's principal private secretary invited more than 100 staff to a BYOB evening gathering.
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?"
"PM has responded to concerns a 250% increase in Covid hospitalisations is leaving the NHS at risk of collapse by not doing a thing about it."
The campaign group said it was bringing the Met the evidence it needs to prosecute government officials and their guests.
"Boris Johnson and chums" on the line up, bring your own nibbles and drink.
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