British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife, Carrie Johnson, they participated in party at the headquarters of the Head of Government, Downing Street, on May 20, 2020, in full confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to British media.
More than a hundred employees of the prime minister’s office were invited to that party where each participant had to “bring their own bottle”, as specified in an email by the private secretary of the British president, Martin Reynolds.
The television channel ‘ITV’ has confirmed information advanced this Sunday by the newspaper ‘The Sunday Times’ that Johnson and his partner participated in the celebration. So far, the office of the Prime Minister has not denied that he was present.
Reynolds’ message to Downing Street employees He urged them to “take advantage of the good weather” while they were taking “some drinks with social distance”. That email, obtained exclusively on television, encouraged all recipients to “join in at 6:00 PM and bring their own alcoholic beverage.” About 40 people participated in the meeting, in which picnic snacks were eaten and alcohol was consumed, according to what was published by ‘ITV News’.
A celebration to “take advantage of the good weather” and “have a few drinks” during confinement
At that time, the rules of confinement they only allowed to meet outdoors with a single non-living person and respecting a distance of two meters.
This celebration adds to the recent information about celebrations of a playful nature in Downing Street during the months of confinement and restrictions in 2020. On December 20, the newspaper ‘The Guardian’ released a photo of the prime minister and his wife chatting amicably and with glasses of wine in the gardens of his residence with collaborators.
More outrage sparked images of the Johnson’s press crew joking about hiding a supposed Christmas party from the public that had taken place at the government headquarters on December 19, 2020.
The internal investigation being led by a senior British official, Sue Gray, into the holding of alleged parties in Downing Street is expected to examine new evidence pointing to the social gathering to which Johnson’s own secretary invited.
The “number two” of the Labor opposition, Angela Rayner, has stressed that it is “vital” that Gray has access to all the information necessary to carry out his investigation, even if it means interviewing the prime minister himself. “It’s terrible. A lot of people, looking at the evidence now, will not only think that Boris Johnson is being caught by his own lies, but they will see that it is despicable that when they were being told to follow the rules, Johnson and his team were violating them. “, he has sentenced.
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