Revelations from ITV have scratched the image of Boris Johnson a little more. According to the television channel, the Prime Minister participated in a birthday party organized by his wife on June 19, 2020, in the midst of a period of confinement, at a time when this kind of gathering was prohibited.
According to the British media, there were up to 30 people at this birthday party. Information that the spokesperson for Downing Street did not firmly deny since he confided that the British Prime Minister participated in the party, but “less than ten minutes”.
This Tuesday, the English press was not kind to Boris Johnson. Overview of the British media.
“Johnson faces fresh outrage,” headlines the Guardian. The English media goes further by declaring that it has “appalling evidence of mismanagement at 10 Downing Street”. The Guardian understands that Sue Gray, who is investigating Partygate “is expected to make deeply critical recommendations on overhauling the way No10 works after hearing of repeated failures”.
The Sun took up an English proverb on the front page of its newspaper. “You can’t have your cake and eat it,” writes the newspaper. Which literally means “You can’t have your cake and eat it”. In French, understand rather “We can not have the butter and the money of the butter”. In other words, Boris Johnson, although head of government, was also to remain confined and was not to celebrate his birthday while gatherings were prohibited. The daily also insisted on the defense of the spokesman for Downing Street, who said that the Prime Minister had only participated in the rally for ten minutes.
The Metro was in this direction also by titling: “How Boris Johnson had his birthday cake and ate it”.
The Mirror recalled on the front page of its newspaper that the Prime Minister had reported a few days earlier that everyone must obey the laws and ban indoor gatherings. “Carrie Johnson and Lulu Lytle presented Mr Johnson with a cake, while Carrie coached her team members to sing him happy birthday,” the newspaper also said.
For its part, the Times is more factual in evoking the lockdown party organized in Downing Street. The English daily reveals that an email has been sent to all members of Boris Johnson’s team to come and wish the head of government a happy birthday.
The Daily Mail was a little more skeptical of this birthday party. Moreover, the newspaper did not deal with the information in its first pages, which is the case in all the other newspapers. Here, we have to wait for the third double page of the newspaper to have a trace of this new lockdown party. “A new storm is blowing over the ten-minute birthday party”, headlined the daily, however.
“Boris Johnson’s problems escalate with birthday party revelations”, headlines I Newspaper, which also develops the information in the middle of the newspaper and not in the first pages.
Same story on the side of the Telegraph, which preferred to reserve its front page for the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the preparation of American troops who could get involved in the conflict.