Since the former British Prime Minister was forced to step down in July Boris Johnson He did not hide his hopes of returning to politics. But persistence “Partygate“The scandal of the two parties during the arrests in the United Kingdom threatens him with new revelations.
Johnson contradicts his claim that anti-virus rules were always respected in his Downing Street offices They joked about a celebration in November 2020during England’s second lockdown, stating that “The UK’s most socially distanced party”.
This was revealed by assistants interviewed on a podcast ITVAccording to some members of the former prime minister’s team They destroyed the documents Before an internal investigation and another by the police and others intercourse At a riotous party the night before the funeral of Prince Philip, Elizabeth II’s husband who died in April 2021.
The second man in the opposition Labor Party replied: Angela Rainer.
He added, “While people cannot say goodbye to their loved ones or grieve with their families, he would break his own rules and then lie to the British people.”
podcast ITV Released this week, before an investigation by a parliamentary committee could mean it Johnson’s suspension or even his expulsion board of the Public.
the so-called Franchise Committee It will investigate whether the former leader lied to parliament when he assured MPs, after a video was leaked in December 2021, that “the rules have been respected at all times”.
“We all saw her alive and our jaws fell off,” he said. ITV A Downing Street source attended the festivities. We were surprised that he denied it. he was there. We were there. We’ve all been together.”
After Tory MPs weary of the constant scandals pushed him to resign, Johnson attempted a comeback in October when he was succeeded by Liz Trusshe was also forced to give up power for his sake Controversial economic policies.
However, after his hasty return from his vacation in the Caribbean, he ended up dropping out of the race, allowing the incumbent Conservative Prime Minister, Rishi Sunakfrom Truss.
Deputy governor called podcast ITV as the “final nail in the coffin of his comeback” politically, according to The Independent.
But Johnson and his aides are like the previous minister Nadine DorisThey don’t give up.
Most sane people know that (the Conservative MPs) were wrong. Nothing has gone right for us since the day Boris Johnson was ousted.” talkTV Tuesday.
Johnson himself defended his career at London’s Carlton Club, during a recent event, according to Sunday timeswas the start of a comeback offensive ahead of the British local elections in May, which opinion polls predict are unfavorable to Sunak.
But the former minister said to independent that the new revelations would “make the Concession Commission’s investigation more difficult on Boris” because “if proven, he clearly knew what was going on”.
“I am concerned that some of his supporters are oblivious to reality and are trying to cause undue disruption by pushing” his political comeback, he added.
A spokesman for Johnson did not deny that he used the phrase “the party of least social distance”. But he stressed that the former leader had “worked consistently” to ensure the government did everything it could to protect Britons’ lives and jobs during the pandemic.
(With information from AFP)
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