London: Who is lying? british prime minister, Boris JohnsonThis Tuesday, he reiterated that no one had warned him that a party would be organized that violated anti-Covid rules in Downing Street In May 2020, his former advisor Dominic Cummings stated.
This is the new episode of the epicParty Gate“Arising from organized parties, according to the press, in Downing Street Despite the limitations of COVID-19Which plunged the British leader into the worst crisis since his triumphant rise to power in the summer of 2019.
last week, Boris Johnson He apologized to Parliament after the newspapers revealed that he attended a party organized on May 20, 2020 in the garden of his official residence in full confinement, considering it a business meeting.
“I can tell you categorically that no one told me it was something to violate anti-virus rules, that it was not an act,” he said when asked on television, on the sidelines of a visit to a London hospital. “When I went out to the park I thought I was attending a business event,” he insisted.
But that’s not true, according to Dominic Cummings. The mind-influencer accused of the Brexit campaign Boris Johnson, In social networks, from lying.
Cummings confirmed that he and another person in charge had warned Boris Johnson that the celebration had been organized, to which the Prime Minister’s private secretary had sent a hundred invitations.
“The PM has been informed about those calls, he knew it was a party, he lied in Parliament,” Cummings wrote on Twitter, who has spared no criticism of his former boss since he resigned in November 2020.
In addition, he pointed out that Boris Johnson Playing down her fears, he begged him to “take back control of this crazy house,” declaring his willingness to “confirm[lo] under oath.
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Weakened by calls for his resignation, even from within his own ranks, and disastrous poll results, Boris Johnson took his chances. Deliberately misleading Parliament may cost him his job under the Ministerial Code of Conduct.
The Prime Minister stressed that he understood the anger of the population and reiterated his apologies for his “miscalculation” and those he made Downing Street to Queen Elizabeth II at two ceremonies in April 2021, the day before her husband Prince Philip’s funeral.
But when asked about a possible resignation, he always sidestepped the question, saying that the results of an internal investigation led by a high-ranking official, Sue Gray, known for her integrity, would have to wait.
Gray is due to report by the end of the month on allegations that government employees have been staying late at night, and “bring your own liquor parties” and “Friday wines” in 2020 and 2021 while coronavirus restrictions were in place.
before leaving Downing StreetDominic Cummings himself was in the spotlight for violating anti-virus rules in the spring of 2020, by traveling with his family in full confinement, which is a taboo.
But should Boris Johnson resign if he lied in Parliament? “The ministerial law is clear on this,” his finance minister, Rishi Sunak, replied, which is seen as a possible successor to Johnson.
But he stressed that he “of course” believes in the prime minister’s words, and demanded “patience” until the internal investigation continues.
In contrast, Labor, the main opposition formation, believes there is no need to wait any longer, and the party’s second deputy, Angela Rayner, urged Boris Johnson to “tell the truth” and “resign”, rather than “hide behind internal investigations.”
According to British media, Johnson is planning a series of populist measures, dubbed “Operation Red Meat”, to save his position and restore its rules. One, the two-year audiovisual tax freeze that funds the BBC, announced on Monday, has sparked controversy.
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