Ex-Chancellor George Osborne is set to wed his former aide this weekend amid speculation over a mystery email sent to their guests.
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partygate? Footage of Tory staff drinking, dancing and mocking Covid laws at the height of the lockdown. The explosive, 35-second clip — the first ever video of that now-infamous Christmas party at the Conservative Party HQ— was exposed by The Mirror over the weekend and shows officials (including two named on Boris Johnson’s controversial resignation honours list last week) dressed up in Christmas jumpers, dancing and appearing to joke about pandemic restrictions at a time when indoor socialising was banned in December 2020 — and the same day then health-secretary Matt Hancock announced that London would enter tier 3 restrictions.
At one point in the footage, two dancers are seen twirling past a sign on a social distancing sign on the wall before colliding with a table full of buffet food, while another person can be heard laughing and saying: “As long as we don’t stream that we’re like, bending the rules. ” At least 24 people were reportedly in attendance at the so-called “Jingle and Mingle” bash, which saw 30 people invited and had been organised by the team behind the failed London mayoral bid of London Assembly member Shaun Bailey, who has since been given a peerage by Boris Johnson.
“Sickening”, “indefensible” and “shameful” are among the criticisms of the footage by viewers including bereaved families of Covid victims, Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner and MPs including housing secretary Michael Gove, who called the behaviour in the video “terrible” when he apologised for his Tory colleagues’ yesterday. “Revellers openly mocked the rules the British people followed.
The Tories think it’s one rule for them and one rule for everyone else,” Rayner said of the clip. “Instead of forcing them to face the
.Ex-Chancellor George Osborne is set to wed his former aide this weekend amid speculation over a mystery email sent to their guests.
UK regulator Ofcom has launched investigations into shows hosted by politicians on GB News and TalkTV, including one featuring a segment on Donald Trump’s civil trial.
It looks like Geraldo Rivera‘s time on Fox News has come to an end.
Geraldo Rivera is saying goodbye to Fox News after 23 years.The longtime journalist announced the news on Twitter Thursday. In a video from what appeared to be a speed boat, Rivera shared that he got fired from Fox News' -- the network's weekday opinion show featuring a roundtable ensemble of five rotating Fox News personalities, and thereby quit.«Bumpy day on the North Atlantic. Anyway, I got fired from @TheFive so I quit Fox,» Rivera captioned the video.
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Hello! magazine.For the trip, the little prince donned navy shorts and a short-sleeved shirt.George stood next to his father, who matched in a blue casual suit.Middleton, 41, and William were spotted happily talking with employees by a sign that said: “Porters’ Lodge.”The Prince of Wales attended Eton — which sits next to Windsor Castle — in 1995 when he was 13.Five years later, he graduated and made his way to college at the University of St.
Naman Ramachandran Respected British broadcaster Clive Myrie was removed at the last minute from presenting an edition of the BBC’s “News at Ten” last week, according to a report in the U.K.’s Times newspaper. Myrie was replaced by Jane Hill as the news bulletin presenter on June 16 because BBC chief content officer Charlotte Moore had impartiality concerns regarding the ruling Conservative party, per the Times. Earlier that evening, Myrie had hosted the BBC’s “Have I Got News For You,” a satirical comedy quiz show that grills celebrity contestants on the week’s top stories and news, where he made several jokes about former Prime Minister Boris Johnson who had been found guilty of deliberately misleading the U.K. parliament over the ‘partygate’ scandal.
partygate? Footage of Tory staff drinking, dancing and mocking Covid laws at the height of the lockdown. The explosive, 35-second clip — the first ever video of that now-infamous Christmas party at the Conservative Party HQ— was exposed by The Mirror over the weekend and shows officials (including two named on Boris Johnson’s controversial resignation honours list last week) dressed up in Christmas jumpers, dancing and appearing to joke about pandemic restrictions at a time when indoor socialising was banned in December 2020 — and the same day then health-secretary Matt Hancock announced that London would enter tier 3 restrictions.
During his time on Australian soap, Neighbours, Mark Little played the iconic Joe Mangal, who had a relatively clean-cut appearance. In contrast to his character, who had short dark hair and no facial hair, the 63 year old appeared unrecognisable in a recent TV appearance. Speaking on the BBC's cricket talk show, View from the Boundary in the UK, Mark had a considerably more rugged appearance with wavy long grey hair and a new bushy beard. After resurfacing on TV over the weekend, the Brisbane-born soap star, who now lives in Wales, was compared to the likes of Top Gear's James May, and even former UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson.
A new Partygate police probe could be launched as previously unseen footage has been released showing Tory staff partying and breaking lockdown rules in December 2020. A bombshell video reveals how officials mocked strict Covid regulations at the Conservative Campaign Headquarters in London.
Former prime minister Boris Johnson’s diaries have revealed 16 other gatherings he was involved in which may have broken lockdown rules.
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