The Hard Holidays a Downing St, during pandemic restrictions, shook Britain so badly that Boris Johnson was ousted. However, the scandal did not end with the resignation of the now former prime minister. One of those parties would have taken place on the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral, a revelation that caused a stir, some disgust and unsettling emotion.
Parties during lockdown
On Downing Street, the political center of Great Britain, alcohol and sex-based parties would have taken place during lockdown. An unprecedented and undignified event: while British citizens respected the restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, faced difficult days, faced uncertainty and were confined at home, there was another person who, perhaps felt, was above the rules , attended parties of dubious morality that shamed an entire political class and Downing Street itself.
According to an ITV investigation, also reported by Il and the Guardian, one of these banned evenings took place on April 16, 2021, just before the funeral of the Prince Philip. A detail that cannot be overlooked that gives the whole story a macabre aura.
Several officials and members of the government personnel, partying until 4am. speaks of a couple who, after foreplay in the kitchen, went into a dark room from which they emerged “in a state of confusion” and another who went into an office “with the lights off”. Then there’s the now-famous “suitcase of wine bottles,” apparently purchased from a nearby supermarket. The ITV investigation also speaks of a “wine-splattered” photocopier, “music from Spotify”, drunk people and couples “touching each other”. On the evening of April 16, the former Prime Minister was not in London, but that does not exonerate him.
Shame on Downing Street
Only business meetings were allowed at Downing Street at the material time, but rumor has it in British newspapers that these parties were anything but meetings to discuss politics. The partygoers even tried to hide evidence of what they were doing, but Scotland Yard fined them for breaking the rules regarding the party curfew at institutional locations. Boris Johnson also seems to have boasted about such a party, calling it “the least socially distanced in Britain”.
Among other things, there is a parliamentary investigation against the ex-prime minister: several times he even assured that no rule had been violated and that violations had been committed without his knowledge. However, according to the survey by Westminster and ITV’s findings, he may have lied. If confirmed, Boris Johnson would be suspended from Parliament and his political career seriously jeopardized.
The story of banned parties is embarrassing. The apology Johnson made queen elizabeth, during a working session in the House of Commons, for disrespect for the memory of Prince Philip. In fact, announcer Lindsay Hoyle formally called him back, reminding him that out of habit the names of members of the royal family should not be pronounced there.