New photos of Boris Johnson raising a glass at a party that violated quarantine guidelines during the height of the Corona plague re-flooded the "Partigate" affair.
Although Johnson has already been fined by the police for violating the closure, it is not clear if the fine relates to this incident and the answer will only become clear with the publication of the government service report on the matter.
If it turns out that this is an event for which he was not fined, then he may be fined again, which may lead to a new political entanglement and put him in a situation where he will actually have to admit that he lied to parliament.
Just breaking over at ITV ... photos of PM at one of the partygate events raising a drink.
https://t.co/NiVDk7DGwZ
- Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) May 23, 2022
The photos, released by itv network, clearly show that he took an active part in the party in November 2020, contrary to the quarantine guidelines in England that his government strictly enforced, and contrary to his later statement that he does not remember taking any role in such an event.
This is a party in honor of one of the senior officials at the government residence at 10 Dunning Street.
Recall in December he told the British House of Commons that "I have been told over and over again since I was charged with the breaches that there was no party and there were no breaches of the quarantine."
He also said that all the incidents at the residence "were in strict compliance with the rules".
But in the photos you can see Johnson and about ten others unrelated to his office huddled in a room with food and drink as part of a party and Johnson raising a glass.
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