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Boris Johnson is clinging to office - Partygate report eagerly awaited

2022-01-26T13:58:11.472Z


Boris Johnson is clinging to office - Partygate report eagerly awaited Created: 01/26/2022, 14:49 By: Lukas Zigo After the party comes the hangover: Boris Johnson is under pressure because of the affair about lockdown parties in Downing Street. The prime minister faces the worst consequences. London – The affair surrounding Boris Johnson's* lockdown parties at the seat of government in Downing


Boris Johnson is clinging to office - Partygate report eagerly awaited

Created: 01/26/2022, 14:49

By: Lukas Zigo

After the party comes the hangover: Boris Johnson is under pressure because of the affair about lockdown parties in Downing Street.

The prime minister faces the worst consequences.

London – The affair surrounding Boris Johnson's* lockdown parties at the seat of government in Downing Street is a dominant topic in the British media and among the population.

Now the clarification of the events is getting closer.

The investigation report, for which top official Sue Gray has been collecting evidence and interviewing witnesses for weeks, could be presented to the public on Wednesday (January 26, 2022), according to British media reports.

The Prime Minister of Great Britain* has to face uncomfortable questions in the London House of Commons this Wednesday afternoon.

The police also announced on Tuesday that they would investigate the case.

The list of suspected illegal gatherings in Downing Street has become long: several Christmas parties, a birthday party, a garden party and late-night drinking just before Prince Philip*'s funeral.

Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of Great Britain, speaks to a newly trained police officer.

© Charlotte Graham/Daily Telegraph/dpa

Sue Gray: Boris Johnson's future depends on her report

The report, prepared by Sue Gray, is intended to clarify who celebrated when, where, how often and for how long with whom.

Nothing less than Boris Johnson's political survival depends on the outcome of the investigation.

Around half a dozen Tory MPs have already publicly called for the Prime Minister's resignation.

Many others want to wait for the report first.

Depending on the result, the prime minister faces a vote of no confidence*.

However, the British prime minister is not thinking of resigning.

That's what the Conservative Prime Minister said on Wednesday during question time in Parliament after a request from opposition leader Keir Stramer of the Labor Party.

UK: 'Security concerns' could prevent publication

Even in the run-up to the presentation of the investigation report, a dispute about the extent of publication is emerging.

Liz Truss, Britain's Foreign Secretary, hinted in an interview with Sky News on Wednesday morning that depending on the content, there could be "security concerns" that could make full disclosure problematic.

The results will definitely be published.

Angela Rayner, deputy leader of the opposition, had already demanded in the London House of Commons on Tuesday that the report must be made fully public.

According to the Financial Times, the report should not contain details such as photos or WhatsApp messages, but rather summarize the facts.

The portal Politico speculated that the opposition could demand a more comprehensive version.

Not unreasonable, especially since the Sky News broadcaster reported that there were party photos of Boris Johnson with wine bottles.

Boris Johnson: Drinking culture or leadership reform?

Johnson is said to first receive the report from Rayner, who is considered uncompromising and incorruptible, and who is based in the British government's Cabinet Office, and then has to present it to the public a few hours later.

Johnson is expected to issue another profuse apology and announce sweeping reform of drinking culture at Downing Street* - determined to save his political survival.

He hailed the police investigation on Tuesday and said it would help draw a "closure" on the matter.

It remains to be seen whether the report will turn out as Johnson envisions.

The reactions within Johnson's group are likely to be far more exciting than the results of the great investigation into the Party Gate affair.

If at least 15 percent of the conservative deputies – that is 54 parliamentarians – express no confidence in him, the prime minister must face a vote.

Boris Johnson and Party-Gate: Is his own party going to vote no-confidence?

Nobody knows how many secret letters Graham Brady, the chairman of the responsible committee, has received so far, apart from Brady himself.

"I don't need Sue Gray or the police to tell me or my constituency in Harlow that what happened was pretty bad," Johnson's party colleague Robert Halfon told Times Radio on Wednesday - urging the PM to take responsibility to take responsibility for his actions.

(lz/dpa)

*fr.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.

Source: merkur

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