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Three people who participated in some of them illegally due to lockdown party on Downing Street reveal details on the BBC’s Panorama show that seem to put even more strain on Boris Johnson.
The new revelations come a day after the release of photos of the British Prime Minister holding a glass of drink at a gathering of his associates in room No. 10 and probably a day before the release (Wednesday) of the full report of state official Sue Gray on the partygate.
The three BBC sources describe anonymously a culture of regular social gatherings on Downing Street even in the midst of a lockdown, with frequent alcohol and noisy parties that sometimes lasted until very late, leaving some of the attendees in a state of shock. the Prime Minister’s Office.
As they say, they felt that everything was done with the indirect permission of the Prime Minister himself, as he often had a drink with them before going up from his office to his apartment at No. 11 Downing Street.
“He did not say ‘Can you all break up and go home?’ Can you keep social distances? Can everyone put on their masks? ‘ No, he did not tell anyone that. “He grabbed a glass for himself,” BBC sources report.
They also say that when they heard the prime minister deny that they had a party on Downing Street, they looked at each other in disbelief and asked why, when everyone knew that the rules had been broken.
Mr. Johnson was fined by the Metropolitan Police for attending a party in the cabinet, but not for other gatherings, nor the one where he was photographed with a drink in hand.
For this particular party, on November 13, 2020, which was a farewell party for Prime Minister Lee Kane’s communications manager, the complainants say there were at least 30 people stacked in one room, with some sitting on the knees of others, no distance. Mr. Johnson also gave a short farewell speech for his colleague.
At a party held on the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral on April 16, 2021, Downing Street’s security asked attendees to go out into the garden because of the excessive noise, according to them.
The three sources also describe how some people started making fun of a Downing Street guard who asked them to stop a party because they were not allowed, how it was on everyone’s agenda to have regular drinks in a Downing Street room every Friday at 4pm and how to sleep. of the building were often overflowing with empty bottles and glasses.
The three admit that their behavior, at the time when citizens died alone from the coronavirus, was “unforgivable”.
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