Tag: Partygate

• Monday, May 30th 2022 - 09:22 UTC

  PM Johnson wants to go back to pounds and ounces

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is weighing a possible return to imperial units of measurement in a post-Brexit move to fully part with the remaining vestiges of the European alliance, it was reported in London. He had already pledged to take this path during his 2019 campaign.

• Wednesday, April 20th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Partygate: Boris Johnson pays £50 fine and “whole heartedly apologizes to the House of Commons”

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was grilled by in Parliament on Tuesday for the first time since police fined him over illegal “bring the booze” parties at 10 Downing Street during the coronavirus lockdowns, plus misleading Parliament.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2022 - 23:06 UTC

  British PM and Finance Minister fined in “party-gate” scandal

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Tuesday apologized to the people for his involvement and that of his staff in the so-called “party-gate” scandal, which consisted basically of holding private meetings and celebrations while the population was held under strict lockdown due to COVID-19.

• Saturday, February 12th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  PM Johnson has seven days to reply a questionnaire from the police investigating Partygate during the lockdown

  

  A day after the resignation of the head of the London Metropolitan Police, Cressida Dick, having lost the confidence of London's mayor, all eyes are again set on the ongoing investigation into “Partygate”, which could eventually cost prime minister Boris Johnson his post.

• Friday, February 4th 2022 - 09:41 UTC

  “Partygate”, pressure mounting on Boris Johnson: four close aides step down

  

  As pressure continues to mount against British Prime Minister Boris Johnson following reports of numerous parties at his residence despite the rest of the country was in a strict lockdown, four close aides of the leader, including his chief of staff, resigned London media reported.

• Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  “Partygate”, majority of Brits want Boris out, polls show. Chancellor Sunak best positioned to replace him

  

  Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is the strongest candidate to replace the United Kingdom's Boris Johnson if he eventually has to step down as prime minister because of the ongoing investigations to the so called “partygate scandal”, including the celebration of his birthday in June 2020, in the midst of the lockdown..

• Saturday, January 22nd 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Boris Johnson polling is now so bad that it makes sense for Conservative MPs to get rid of him

  

  By Paul Whiteley, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex – Things just keep getting worse for Boris Johnson. On the same day that one of his MPs defected to the Labour party, former Brexit minister David Davis stood up in parliament to call for Johnson’s resignation.