Boris Johnson is "on probation" and could still be removed from office if he fails to win back the trust of Tory MPs, a former minister and Tory peer has said.
23.05.2022 - 19:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A picture of Prime Minister Boris Johnson has emerged showing him raising a glass at a Downing Street party during the second coronavirus lockdown.
The set of four pictures, published by ITV News, clearly shows the Prime Minister accompanied by a group of aides around a table covered in bottles of alcohol and party food. Sources told the ITV that the photos were taken at a leaving do for his communications chief Lee Cain on November 13, 2020.
Eight days earlier, Mr Johnson had imposed England’s second national lockdown, which lasted four weeks. At the time the party supposedly took place, indoor social gatherings were banned by the government between people form separate households.
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Despite the rules at the time, the Prime Minister appears to have made a toast next to two bottles of champagne or cava as well as four bottle of wine and half a bottle of gin.
Mr Johnson was not fined by the Metropolitan Police over the event seen in the images.
Downing Street declined to defend the scene portrayed, saying the Prime Minister will comment after the Sue Gray report into partygate is published in the coming days.
A No 10 spokeswoman said: “The Cabinet Office and the Met Police have had access to all information relevant to their investigations, including photographs.
“The Met have concluded their investigation and Sue Gray will publish her report in the coming days, at which point the Prime Minister will address Parliament in full.”
The photos were leaked on the eve of Sue Gray's Partygate report and emerged five months after Mr Johnson denied such a party ever taking place on November 13, 2020. On December 8, he was asked by Labour Mp
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