Dominic Cummings to be interviewed as part of Downing Street parties investigation January 18, 2022 Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser is set to be interviewed as part of the Cabinet Office’s investigation into Downing Street’s lockdown parties. “If we reach the end of the investigation and the inquiry hasn’t spoken to Dominic Cummings, eyebrows would be raised,” a Cabinet Office source told Sky News, which first reported the news. The [...]
Calls for Boris Johnson to resign grow louder as Downing Street gears up to sacrifice key staffers January 16, 2022 The Prime Minister is reportedly preparing to oust members of his inner circle over the partygate affair as another Conservative MP called for him to resign. Boris Johnson is devising a policy announcement blitz and a cull of his top team as he looks to survive the publication of senior civil servant Sue Gray’s report [...]
New claims emerge Downing Street held party night before Queen sat alone at Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral January 14, 2022 Two parties took place in Downing Street the night before the Queen sat alone at the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral, according to fresh claims this morning. The events are said to have taken place on the evening of April 16 2021 while the country was in a period of public mourning and coronavirus restrictions were [...]
Sunak absent: PM is ‘dead man walking’ say Tory MPs as Conservative calls for Boris Johnson to step aside grow louder January 13, 2022 Calls within the Conservative Party for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to step aside are growing louder, as a number of senior Tories say he should go after Johnson apologised for attending a “bring your own booze” gathering in the garden of No 10 during England’s first lockdown. The Prime Minister insisted he believed it had [...]
All eyes on PMQs as Boris Johnson’s premiership is ‘hanging by a thread’ January 12, 2022 Boris Johnson’s premiership is hanging by a thread today, as angry Tory MPs and outraged Brits await Prime Minister’s Questions to see whether he will come clean over a party during lockdown. Reports that Johnson and his then fiancé Carrie Symonds attended a “bring your own booze” party in the No 10 garden during lockdown [...]
Where is Boris? No 10 eerily quiet as resignation calls grow over ‘bring your own booze’ party but Johnson ignores demands to come clean January 12, 2022 The Prime Minister is facing an increasingly hostile and outraged Conservative Party as he will meet with MPs today amid furious demands to come clean over his attendance at a reported “bring your own booze” party in the No 10 garden in breach of Covid lockdown rules. Boris Johnson will make his first public appearance [...]
A bash while Covid spread: Boris Johnson may face police probe over ‘bring your own booze’ drinks party at Downing Street when household mixing was outlawed January 11, 2022 The Metropolitan Police confirmed it is liaising with the Cabinet Office over damning claims the Prime Minister’s aide organised a “bring your own booze” Downing Street drinks party during the first lockdown, in May 2020. Martin Reynolds, the Prime Minister’s principal private secretary, sent an email to more than 100 Downing Street employees asking them [...]
Questions grow over Boris Johnson’s ‘Great Exhibition 2’ promise via WhatsApp to Tory donor who paid £112k for flat January 7, 2022 The Prime Minister’s apparent support for a “great exhibition” plan backed by a Tory donor who helped pay for the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat is under scrutiny this morning. Whatsapp messages released yesterday showed Boris Johnson discussed the proposal with Lord Brownlow while at the same time as requesting his help with the [...]
100 Tory seats at risk: Voters abandon Boris Johnson en masse as Keir Starmer makes Red Wall comeback and leads nationwide January 2, 2022 A majority of Brits doubt Boris Johnson will be Prime Minister this time next year, as Keir Starmer has won voters’ hearts back in the Red Wall, according to a new poll. The Deltapoll survey of the 57 constituencies the Tories gained in the 2019 General Election, most of which could be considered part of [...]
Omicron hospitalisations skyrocket by 67 per cent in London as new Covid restrictions seem inevitable December 27, 2021 The number of hospitalisations related to the Omicron variant is climbing rapidly across the UK, with a jump of 67 per cent in London alone. Across the UK, there were 36 per cent more hospital admissions in the week ended 24 December. According to the Health Service Journal, hospitalisations for Omicron skyrocket in the capital, [...]