Partygate: Boris Johnson caught in the act during a Christmas quiz

VSach day brings its share of revelations in the United Kingdom and the “PartyGate” soap opera never ends. Already responsible for investigating several festive events organized in the residence of Prime Minister Boris Johnson during periods of strict confinement, the police will have to look into a new case.

And if Boris Johnson claims not to have participated in most of the parties concerned, his defense has just been undermined. As reported by Guardianit appears in the foreground on an image published this Wednesday by the DailyMirror, accompanied by two members of his cabinet (one of whom wears a garland around his neck) and a bottle of wine. The facts date back to December 15, 2020, when the United Kingdom banned gatherings between people from different households as the holiday season approached.

Confusion around the investigation

The photo was maliciously posted at 12:15 p.m. local time, just minutes after the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions began in the House of Commons. “It looks like one of the Christmas parties which the Prime Minister claims did not take place”, attacks an opposition parliamentarian. “This evening has already been submitted to the investigators,” replied the Prime Minister.

For now, the London police, in charge of the investigation, is looking into 12 festive events. Boris Johnson is said to have participated in three of them. But, according to the Guardianthe evening of December 15, 2020, which Downing Street presents as a “virtual quiz for the Prime Minister’s team”, was not one of them.

The file includes more than 300 photos and 500 pages of evidence. Dominic Cummings, former adviser to Boris Johnson recently dismissed, continues his relentless attacks on his former boss and claims on his Twitter account that there are “much better photos than those circulating, including in the apartments” of the Prime Minister.