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politics2 years ago

Boris Johnson's Partygate Scandal Rocks UK Parliament.

The UK parliament has voted to uphold a finding that Boris Johnson knowingly misled lawmakers when he said that Covid lockdown rules had been followed at all times in Downing Street while he was prime minister. The vote passed the House of Commons by 354 to 7. Johnson would have been sanctioned with a lengthy ban from parliament and denied a pass to access the building, a right afforded to former members of parliament. But Johnson has already stood down as an MP, so will neither serve the ban nor face the by-election that would have been triggered as a result of the ban.

politics2 years ago

Boris Johnson faces police probe for potential Covid rule breaches and lockdown visits.

Boris Johnson, former UK Prime Minister, has been referred to the police for a potential breach of Covid lockdown rules at Chequers, the official countryside home of the sitting British prime minister, between June 2020 and May 2021. The police have received documents related to the potential breaches, and Johnson's office has called the allegations "bizarre and unacceptable." Last year, Johnson was fined by police over lockdown-breaking parties held on UK government premises during the height of the pandemic.