Starmer urges Tory backbenches to turn on Johnson in partygate vote April 20, 2022 Sir Keir Starmer has urged Tory backbenchers to turn on Boris Johnson tomorrow and vote for a House of Commons inquiry into the Downing Street partygate scandal. Starmer said that Tory MPs should “do the right thing” and “respect the sacrifices that their constituents made during the pandemic”. The vote, tabled by the opposition parties, [...]
Interim Met boss: Police have more than ‘just a few bad apples’ April 20, 2022 The interim commissioner of the Metropolitan Police has admitted there are more than “just a few bad apples” in the police force, after a series of scandals. Sir Stephen House told MPs on the Home Affairs Committee today that “it’s not a few bad apples – you can’t simply say [convicted murderer] Wayne Couzens and [...]
Johnson: It ‘did not occur to me’ Downing Street birthday party was Covid breach April 19, 2022 Boris Johnson has told MPs that it “did not occur to me” that his Number 10 office birthday party was in breach of Covid rules, after receiving a police fine last week for attending the event. The Prime Minister today said “that was my mistake and I apologise for it unreservedly”, but that he now [...]
Johnson did not organise lockdown-busting party, says Number 10 April 18, 2022 Number 10 has been forced to deny that Boris Johnson organised a leaving party for a senior aide at the height of a Covid lockdown in 2020. The Sunday Times revealed that Johnson was pictured pouring drinks for people, and himself, during a November 2020 leaving event for then director of communications Lee Cain. There [...]
Fresh partygate claims emerge following PM fine April 17, 2022 Labour claim Boris Johnson "deliberately misled the British people at every turn" following fresh allegations about lockdown parties.
Almost two thirds of Brits want Boris to go if hit with more party fines April 16, 2022 Just under two thirds of Brits believe Boris Johnson should quit if he receives further fines for lockdown-breaking parties, a poll has found. According to a YouGov poll for The Times, 63 per cent of the public think the Prime Minister should resign if he is fined again for attending Downing Street parties. The Prime [...]
New job ad goes live: Metropolitan Police Commissioner at £293k, manage 46,000 staff, apply before May 4 April 13, 2022 The job advert for the next Metropolitan Police Commissioner has gone live, with the successful candidate tasked with making the force “demonstrably more professional”. Previous commissioner Dame Cressida Dick left the job last week, with her deputy Sir Stephen House temporarily taking the reins of the Met, which has around 46,000 police officers and staff, [...]
First Tory MP calls for Johnson to quit after receiving Covid fine April 13, 2022 The first Conservative MP has called for Boris Johnson to resign after he received a fine from the Metropolitan Police for breaking his own Covid restrictions. Amber Valley MP Nigel Mills today said Johnson’s position is no longer tenable and that “I don’t think a Prime Minister can survive or should survive breaking the rules [...]
Rishi Sunak considered resigning over partygate fine – but settled for an ‘unreserved apology’ April 13, 2022 Embattled chancellor Rishi Sunak considered resigning over partygate but settled for an apology instead. The second in command to Boris Johnson was issued with a fixed penalty notice over lockdown breaches this week, plunging his political ambitions into chaos. It is understood, according to The Times, he discussed his political future with his inner circle [...]
Johnson says sorry for breaking his own Covid rules as he vows to stay as PM April 12, 2022 Boris Johnson has apologised for breaking his government’s Covid rules to attend his own work birthday party in 2020 and has vowed to stay on as Prime Minister. The PM, chancellor Rishi Sunak and Carrie Johnson were all handed Fixed Penalty Notices by the Metropolitan Police today for a lockdown-busting work birthday party in Downing [...]