Two thirds do not believe Johnson’s partygate defence, polling suggests
Ex-PM Boris Johnson defended various events, including his birthday party for which he was fined, as being ‘necessary for work purposes’.
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Majority Tory #BBCQT audience don’t believe Johnson
"Wow" said Fiona Bruce after asking for a show of hands on the former prime minister's response to partygate questions.
Johnson schooled as he says ‘No 10 staff wouldn’t swap pens’
The former prime minister Boris Johnson said the guidelines on social distancing were not always ‘enforced rigidly’.
Johnson insists No 10 leaving do ‘was not a party’
“It was not a social event. If anybody thinks I was partying during lockdown, they are completely wrong."
Johnson’s partygate defence ‘complete and utter nonsense’, say Covid bereaved
Mr Johnson accepted he misled MPs, but said his denials were made “in good faith” based on what he “honestly” knew at the time.
No reason to believe partygate inquisitor Sue Gray not impartial, says minister
There is “no reason to believe” Sue Gray was not impartial when she investigated partygate, a Cabinet minister has said.
High Court to hear first stage of ‘partygate’ challenge against Met Police
"We can’t understand how Boris Johnson dodged fines for going to parties that junior civil servants were fined for attending."
Boris Johnson joked about being at the ‘most unsocially distanced party in UK’
The claim is part of a number of new allegations made in an ITV podcast, Partygate: The Inside Story.
GB News: Tom Harwood posted a Sue Gray ‘scoop’ and it backfired horribly
"I have obtained an exclusive image of Robert Walpole clearly enjoying himself in Downing Street - the scene of riotous lockdown parties only 300 years later," wrote one person in response.