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WTX News brings you the latest on the Partygate scandal – the political scandal dominating the UK, which regards the prime minister and other MPs and Tory staff holding parties during the Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020 and 2021, when rules prohibited most gatherings.
The scandal has been investigated by Sue Gray – who led an independent inquiry as well as the Metropolitain Police who are also investigating. The Met Police have started to issue fines for the breach of rules, prime minister Boris Johnson and chancellor Rishi Sunak were both fined for breaking Covid laws.
With this fine, Boris Johnson became the first serving British PM to knowingly break the law.
What is Partygate scandal?
Partygate is a political scandal in the United Kingdom, regarding parties and other gatherings of government and Conservative Party staff held during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, when public health restrictions prohibited most gatherings.
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It looks almost certain, that we’re witnessing the downfall of Boris Johnson’s government – a mass exodus is underway, triggered by the shocking double resignations of Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak last night- Sunak being the biggest blow to the PM.
Sky News says Lord Geidt has resigned as the prime minister’s adviser on ministerial interests. “With regret, I feel that it is right that I am resigning from my post as Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests,” the statement reads.
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The Guardian says Boris Johnson has written to his own ethics chief, clearing himself of breaching the ministerial code over Partygate, after the adviser said there was a “legitimate question” about whether he had done so.
The Independent says Boris Johnson is at risk of placing the ministerial code in a place of “ridicule” over the Partygate scandal, according to his own ethics adviser.
Financial Times says Boris Johnson suffered a fresh setback on Tuesday when his independent standards adviser said there was a “legitimate question” as to whether his fine in the partygate scandal constituted a breach of the ministerial code.
BBC News says Boris Johnson’s standards adviser says there is a “legitimate question” over whether the PM broke the ministerial code after getting fined for Partygate.
Sky News says three Tory MPs have called on Boris Johnson to resign, bringing the number who have called on the prime minister to go in the wake of the partygate scandal to 27.
The Independent says Boris Johnson is facing renewed pressure over the Partygate scandal amid suggestions of a second gathering in the No 10 flat and a drip-feed of Tory MPs calling for his resignation.
The Guardian says Labour has called for an investigation into leaked text messages suggesting there was a second gathering in Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat during lockdown, held by his wife, Carrie, on his birthday.
The Metro says A clear majority of voters in the UK think Boris Johnson should resign over partygate, a new poll has revealed.
The Independent says On the eve of publication of the long-awaited Sue Gray report on Downing Street parties, the historian Peter Hennessy has described current British political standards as being a “bonfire of decencies”.
The Guardian says Well, there we had it. It had been heavily briefed that Boris Johnson would be the model of remorse for his statement to the Commons on the Sue Gray report.
