increasing the Pressure about him Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whose position hangs by a thread, the london police announced this Tuesday research about the various parties held in their offices during the lockdowns, with which he promised to “cooperate fully”.
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British police investigate Boris Johnson’s banned parties
After the humiliation of having to apologize ten days ago with Queen isabel II for celebrating two parties with music and a lot alcohol on the eve of the limited burial from his husband Philip in full lockdown last april, Downing Street must now undergo research from Scotland Yard.
I can confirm that the Met (London Police) are investigating a number of events that have taken place in Downing Street and Whitehall over the last two years in relation to possible breaches of Covid-19 regulations,” confirmed Cressida Dick, Chief of Scotland Yard, before the local assembly of the city.
In the latest episode of a trickle of leaks to the press that has not stopped since December and caused Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s worst political crisis since he came to power in 2019, ITV said on Monday night that the controversial leader Conservative celebrated his birthday with several relatives in full confinement.
According to that private channel, Johnson participated in a party organized by his wife on June 19, 2020, when such meetings were prohibited, which would have been attended by up to 30 people, including decorator Lulu Lytle, who carried out the expensive refurbishment of his Downing Street apartment, the financing of which caused controversy.
According to a spokeswoman, the prime minister remained “less than ten minutes” in that meeting.
Johnson, 57, has been fighting for weeks for his political survival in the face of incessant revelations about parties held in Downing Street and other government premises when health regulations prohibited it.
To try to quell the scandal and calm the many deputies from his own party who joined the opposition in demanding his resignation, Johnson commissioned an internal investigation by a high-ranking official, Sue Grey, whose conclusions could be known soon.
For his part, the very influential former adviser to the prime minister, Dominic Cummings, suspected of being at the origin of many leaks, refused to be questioned in the framework of said investigation, assuring that, if he did, Johnson “would make up absurd stories”. And he preferred to testify in writing.
Cummings, who has multiplied the attacks against his former boss since he left office at the end of 2020 in a context of internal struggles, has warned that “other damaging stories” could come to light if Johnson does not resign.
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