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Johnson-Partygate: New explosive details on illegal lockdown parties - "let off steam"

2022-01-15T10:41:25.017Z


Johnson-Partygate: New explosive details on illegal lockdown parties - "let off steam" Created: 01/15/2022 11:29 am By: Richard Strobl Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of Great Britain, leaves 10 Downing Street. (Archive) © Stefan Rousseau/dpa UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is coming under pressure over the Partygate affair. Now there are new details about his lockdown parties. LONDON - Prime M


Johnson-Partygate: New explosive details on illegal lockdown parties - "let off steam"

Created: 01/15/2022 11:29 am

By: Richard Strobl

Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of Great Britain, leaves 10 Downing Street.

(Archive) © Stefan Rousseau/dpa

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is coming under pressure over the Partygate affair.

Now there are new details about his lockdown parties.

LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under further pressure from new allegations in the Partygate affair.

According to a new media report, there were not only isolated lockdown parties in Downing Street - they are said to have taken place regularly.

Partygate scandal surrounding Boris Johnson is expanding: new explosive details

According to a report in the English "Mirror", Johnson's employees are said to have met regularly for so-called "Wine Time Friday's" to drink alcohol.

Johnson also specifically encouraged them to do so so they could "let off steam."

The explosive thing is that the meetings indoors at the time mentioned were strictly forbidden due to the applicable corona measures.

The head of government has visited these meetings several times himself, it is said.

The employees bought an office refrigerator especially for the regular meetings to keep their bottles of white wine, Prosecco and beer cool.

Friday meetings have long been a "Downing Street tradition", including under previous British governments, according to The Mirror.

Downing Street lockdown parties: Johnson under pressure

However, the meetings continued even after corona restrictions were imposed. Johnson has been under massive pressure in the "Partygate" affair for a long time, and several members of his Tory party have already called for his resignation. He wants to get out of trouble politically with a comprehensive restart. Internal investigations are currently underway into the lockdown parties in his seat of government, and the prime minister wants to wait for the results.

It was recently reported that there were celebrations at the seat of government on the eve of Queen Consort Prince Philip's funeral in April 2021.

At that time, strict contact and distance rules applied.

Queen Elizabeth II therefore had to sit all alone in the chapel of her Windsor residence when her husband was buried.

Downing Street apologized for this.

"It is deeply unfortunate that this has taken place at a time of national mourning," a Johnson spokesman said.

(dpa)

Source: merkur

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