Boris Johnson’s evidence to MPs’ partygate investigation: the key points of disagreement explained: Last year, noted philosopher Rebekah Vardy remarked of fellow scholar Coleen Rooney: Arguing with Coleen is like arguing with a pigeon. You can tell it that you are right and it is wrong but it’s still going to shit in your hair. …
Boris Johnson to face MPs over partygate – but what is ‘misleading parliament’ and why is it so serious?: The House of Commons Committee of Privileges has released new images of parties in Downing Street during lockdowns. The House of Commons Committee of Privileges In the UK, misleading parliament is a serious offence. The clearest …
Partygate: how the Sue Gray report revealed the age of ‘government by WhatsApp’: Post your sandwich requests in the group chat, lads. And see you at wine time Friday. UK government One of the striking things about civil servant Sue Gray’s report on lockdown parties at 10 Downing Street – aside from the alcohol consumption, …
‘Wine time Friday’ and invites for 200: five of the most interesting findings from Sue Gray’s partygate report: Boris Johnson takes questions from the press over partygate. Number 10/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA After months of delay and speculation, civil servant Sue Gray has published her report into Downing Street parties. It does not make for comfortable …
Boris Johnson fined by police over partygate – what happens next?: After months of dodging the issue, it appears that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson did in fact break his own emergency laws during COVID restrictions. The police have fined Johnson, his wife Carrie and – in a new twist to the story – Chancellor …
Partygate Revisited: why Boris Johnson’s Downing Street is starting to sound like an Evelyn Waugh novel: When allegations arose some years ago that former prime minister David Cameron had behaved obscenely with a pig’s head during a Bullingdon Club event while at the University of Oxford, he distanced himself from the controversial group, saying: These …
Boris Johnson pledges to ‘fix’ Downing Street after partygate – but this is a failure of his leadership: “I get it and I will fix it,” declared Boris Johnson in parliament as he delivered his response to the initial findings from an inquiry into partying at Downing Street during pandemic lockdowns. After weeks of frenzied …
Four key takeaways from the ‘partygate’ investigation into Boris Johnson’s Downing Street: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologised after a report exposed failings of leadership and behaviour in Downing Street during pandemic lockdowns that was “not appropriate”. While the report was significantly shorter than had been initially expected, four takeaway points merit attention. 1. Not …