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UK police to investigate lockdown parties at PM Johnson's office- reports

Published 25/01/2022, 10:18
Updated 25/01/2022, 13:56
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wearing a face covering to help mitigate the spread of Covid-19, reacts during his visit to Milton Keynes University Hospital, north of London, Britain January 24, 2022. Adrian Dennis/Pool via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - British police will investigate reports of a spate of parties held at Prime Minister Boris Johnson's residence and office during COVID-19 lockdowns, two media reports said on Tuesday.

The Telegraph newspaper said London police were poised to announce that they would launch a criminal investigation into the allegations surrounding Downing Parties, after previously declining to do so.

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Boris Johnson is a pathological liar. if he thought they were working meetings, then why did he feel the need to take his wife? How could he not know other parties were being held...they were being held in his own back garden.
Put him in jail, like all the demonstrators your government locked during covid time.. some people are more equal than others.
all trivial compared to the bigger picture of getting the economy back on track and sorting out brexit. any politician talking about this is not doing their job.If it were doctors and nurses bringing in a birthday cake for their colleagues and having a bit of well deserved down time, no one would be bothered. the government worked incredibly hard during the pandemic and deserve a bit of down time. they all worked together in the same building, so it's not like they were creating any greater health hazard by having these parties. this is just a witch hunt and another waste of time generated by opposition parties to prevent government getting on with policies that could make a difference to this country
When relatives were denied seeing their loved ones who were dying, these party's we're an insult. That's the bigger picture
I can understand the pain that people have gone through due to the pandemic. I also agree that the government should have adhered to the rules. However, this is not the "bigger picture", its history and nothing will change it. The rules on visiting people in hospital were not devised to make people lives difficult, they were there to protect the vulnerable. If the law was not in place, would you have gone to visit people in hospital and care homes (potentially putting hundreds of lives at risk)??. The "party" at No 10 put few (if any) lives at risk since they all worked together so would have caused illness between them due to normal work. Again, morally I agree the politicians should not have done it, but its definitely not worth all the time it has taken up in Parliament.
gives the plod a chance to fiddle their overtime claims anyway
queue the distraction technique to blame civil service for now working g if not in the office to please the money grabbing out of touch donors. op save big dog just went turbo !
Were they not invited ?
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