British PM Johnson is facing growing outrage after a video was leaked suggesting that government staff held a Christmas party at 10 Downing Street last year during a strict lockdown that outlawed social gatherings.
NBC NewsThe clip, broadcast by ITV News, shows a mock news conference where a Johnson adviser asks spokesperson Allegra Stratton: “I’ve just seen reports on Twitter that there was a Downing Street Christmas party on Friday night — do you recognize those reports?”
What is galling to so many is the contrast between the lighthearted banter over a rules-breaking party at Downing Street, which houses the prime minister’s personal offices as well as his official residence, and life for the vast majority in Britain.NurPhoto / via Getty Images file Stratton resigned and apologized for appearing to make light of the pandemic on Wednesday in a tearful speech outside her home in London
On Wednesday night, Johnson announced tougher Covid restrictions in England, telling people to work from home where possible, wear masks in public and use vaccine passes to slow the spread of the omicron variant. And the furor over the video follows weeks of revelations and scandal for the Johnson government. This year a lawmaker and an ally of the prime minister, Owen Paterson, stood down after he broke lobbying rules by promoting the interests of companies to which he was a paid advisor.that the government left U.K. nationals and Afghan allies at the mercy of the Taliban during theVoters will also remember thein April over who paid for the refurbishment of his Downing Street apartment.
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