Category: Partygate

5 Downing Street Aides Resign Within 24 Hours

Four senior aides in Downing Street have resigned on Thursday, followed by a junior aide on Friday. Munira Mirza, the head of policy at Number 10, was the first to quit on Thursday over Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s failure to apologise about his ‘scurrilous’ remarks toward the opposition leader, Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer. Mirza’s departure…


UK’s Johnson Faces ‘Inevitable’ Vote of No Confidence: Senior Conservative

A vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s leadership is “inevitable,” a senior British Conservative lawmaker has said as the political crisis over the “partygate” scandal deepens further. Johnson is facing calls to resign from both opposition parties and his own MPs following a series of damaging allegations of parties and other gatherings…


Public Will Hear If Johnson Fined Over CCP Virus Rule Breaches: Downing Street

The UK’s public will be told if police issue fines to Prime Minister Boris Johnson for breaching CCP virus restrictions, Downing Street confirmed on Tuesday, hours after it said it was up to the police to decide whether to make the information public. Johnson is under fresh calls for him to resign as the prime…


‘Partygate’ Report Finds ‘Serious Failure’ at Heart of UK Government

A limited version of a report into lockdown-breaching parties held in UK government buildings during the COVID-19 pandemic has criticised a “serious failure” to observe the high standards expected of those working at the heart of government. The report was commissioned by Prime Minister Boris Johnson following a series of damaging allegations of Christmas and…


Downing Street Parties: Gov’t Inquiry Asked to Make ‘Minimal Reference’ to Events Investigated by Police

The UK government’s internal inquiry into alleged lockdown-breaching parties in Downing Street has hit another bump as it was requested to make “minimal reference” to the events being investigated by police. The highly anticipated inquiry, led by senior civil servant Sue Gray, has the potential to trigger a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Boris…


UK Police to Investigate Downing Street Parties During COVID-19 Lockdown

British police are investigating allegations of breaches of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in Downing Street and Whitehall, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed. For weeks, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been mired in a political crisis fuelled by a series of alleged violations of lockdown rules in Downing Street during the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic….


Senior Tory to Meet Police Over Alleged Blackmailing of Dissenting MPs by No 10

A senior UK Conservative MP who accused ministers of intimidating dissenting MPs to secure support for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he’s due to speak to the police. William Wragg, vice-chairman of the 1922 committee—a committee of all backbench Conservative MPs—said on Friday that he will be meeting a detective from the Metropolitan Police in the…


Senior Tory Told PM Boris Johnson to ‘Lead or Step Aside’ as More Partygate Claims Surface

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing mounting pressure to get a grip on the drip-feed of revelations about Downing Street rule-breaking as he fights to stay in office. Former Conservative minister Tobias Ellwood said the prime minister must “lead or step aside,” telling the BBC: “We need leadership.” The comments by the House of Commons…