New photos show Boris Johnson grilling at a party amid coronavirus pandemic

Over the weekend and privately, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked Sue Gray, the public official supposed to investigate the Party Gate at the government house and at her residence, amid the COVID detention, to publish photos of parties.

“The British think Downing St is like Ibiza in July,” Boris suggested.

This afternoon finally the channel ITVNews was able to leak photos of the parties at 10 Downing St, the government house and at the same time, the official residence of the prime minister and his family in Great Britain.

The photos show Boris holding a glass of white wine, allegedly in the second incarceration of COVID. About six other people with several empty bottles of wine, cookies and chips, on Downing St.

In the series of photos, the group appears to be grilling with someone while Johnson is speaking. There is also a red ministerial box on a chairwhere secret government documents are kept, which the prime minister must read daily.

Parties

Apparently the meeting was the farewell of the prime minister’s chief communications officer, Lee Cain, on November 13, 2020.

This action took place during the second national lockdown, when people are only allowed to leave home for a limited number of reasons, including work if they cannot work from home. Interaction with other households is not allowed.

On December 8, 2021, the Prime Minister was asked in parliament, if there was a party on Downing Street that day, to which he replied: “No. But I am sure that, no matter what happens, the instructions were followed.” and the rules. “

Two events that day were part of the Metropolitan Police investigation in London, which ended last week. KAHITothers were fined for unspecified events that day, but the prime minister did not. He was fined only once along with his wife and the chancellor of finances.

These photos will cause scandal this weekwhich is likely to be brilliant for the British prime minister.

Metropolitan Police gave Downing Street a high level of coverage as the force investigated the events of the day in question. Although some officers were fined, Boris Johnson was not.

Did he lie?

The real political danger for the prime minister today is not really about what he did but rather the know and he said.

Directly asked in the House of Commons if there were parties on Downing Street on November 13, 2020, Johnson explicitly said: “No, but I’m sure whatever it is, the guidelines … and the rules They followed each other once.

It is very difficult to reconcile that answer with these pictures. You cannot lie to the House of Commons, under penalty of resignation.

The big danger for the prime minister today is that Sue Gray’s full report at Party Gate on Downing St could result in further misalignments. The result will be known in the next few hours.

The photos emerged on what was possibly the eve of Sue Gray’s report on lockdown violation events on Downing Street and Whitehall, which is expected provide more detail than the police investigation.

A Number 10 spokesperson said: “The Cabinet Office and the Metropolitan Police have been given access to all information related to their investigations, including photos. Police have completed their investigation. Sue Gray will publish her report. in the coming days, at that time.which will be discussed by the prime minister in full parliament.

The Parliamentary Privileges Committee is set to launch an investigation into whether Johnson deliberately deceived MPs by denying any knowledge.

If he can be proven to have done so, it means he violated the ministerial code and in general I must resign.

Boris has been accused by his Liberal Democrat opponents of “taking the British for fools”. “When they were making huge sacrifices, you were at a party,” denounced their vice leader Daisy Cooper, after the photos were leaked.

Labor keeps that “degrade your office” pictures. Scottish nationalists believed the photos were “disgusting” and urged Conservative MPs to “remove him”. Very difficult times are ahead for Boris Johnson.

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