{"id":45449,"date":"2021-12-01T18:57:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T18:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/?p=45449"},"modified":"2021-12-03T14:30:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T14:30:47","slug":"boris-johnson-fails-to-deny-lockdown-christmas-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/boris-johnson-fails-to-deny-lockdown-christmas-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Johnson fails to deny Lockdown Christmas parties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Prime Minister Boris Johnson accused of parties being held during Tier 3 lockdown.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a source told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-59491568\">BBC<\/a> that &#8216;several dozen&#8217; people attended parties in December 2020, the PM was now questioned by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister&#8217;s Questions to address the rumours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Johnson was asked multiple times if parties were being held and avoided the question. He mentioned that no rules were broken before accusing Mr. Starmer of throwing his own parties this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best of Voice of London&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/what-is-omicron-and-will-it-affect-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>What is Omicron and how will it affect Christmas?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/fly-over-the-river-thames-this-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>&#8216;Fly&#8217; over the River Thames this Christmas?<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/e-scooter-experiment-soon-to-be-legalised-in-britain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">E scooter experiment: soon to be legalised in Britain?<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The supposed parties at Number 10 took place at a time when London was in Tier 3 Lockdown and mixing households and hosting parties were forbidden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2021\/12\/5fd9e2a35b8412ed0c34adf4_Tier-3-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45455\" width=\"390\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2021\/12\/5fd9e2a35b8412ed0c34adf4_Tier-3-poster.jpg 555w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2021\/12\/5fd9e2a35b8412ed0c34adf4_Tier-3-poster-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><figcaption>The restrictions at the time of the supposed parties that Mr. Johnson held; credit: gov.uk\/coronavirus<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">gap <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sir Keir adds: &#8220;Does the prime minister really expect the country to believe that while people were banned from seeing their loved ones at Christmas last year, it was fine for him and his friends to throw a boozy party in Downing Street?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The General public have turned to Twitter to express their frustrations with the Prime Minster, with many questioning his credibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>        <span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">  gap <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">Gap <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last Xmas when the PM cancelled Xmas for the public, he had a sly \u201cpacked\u201d Xmas party in No10, breaking lockdown rules.<br><br>Just another case of \u201crules are for you, not for me\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EBtut1IB3A\">https:\/\/t.co\/EBtut1IB3A<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikegalsworthy\/status\/1465825768076988427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">gap <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why should any of us comply ? ,WHEN <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BorisJohnson<\/a> and his government dont practice what they preach ? We should all live by what he says <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/theguidelines?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#theguidelines<\/a>  no more missing out on family time .life is to short.enjoy Christmas y&#39;all .with our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/families?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#families<\/a><\/p>&mdash; shadysbeats (@shadysbeats) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shadysbeats\/status\/1466063796255051785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about Covid related News covered by Voice of London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/face-masks-reinstated-over-fears-of-omicron-variant\/\">Face masks reinstated over fears of Omicron variant.<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/one-more-omicron-case-was-reported-today-making-the-public-urgent-to-wear-masks-again\/\" title=\"https:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/one-more-omicron-case-was-reported-today-making-the-public-urgent-to-wear-masks-again\/\">Public urged to wear face masks after another Omicron case detected.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/covid-19-cases-rising-in-harrow-but-data-still-promising\/\">COVID-19 cases rising in Harrow but data still promising.<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Words: Gizdem Albayrak; Subbed: Uzma Khan<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson accused of parties being held during Tier 3 lockdown. 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