


Number 10 has been contacted for comment. ‘Formal disciplinary action was taken against the four CCHQ staff who were seconded to the Bailey campaign.’Ī Scotland Yard spokesperson added: ‘We are aware of the footage and are considering it.’ ‘This prime minister is failing to deliver the integrity he promised and showing he’s too weak to turn the page on 13 years of Tory scandal.’Ī Conservative Party spokesperson told .uk: ‘Senior CCHQ staff became aware of an unauthorised social gathering in the basement of Matthew Parker Street organised by the Bailey campaign on the evening of 14th December 2020. ‘Instead of forcing them to face the consequences, Rishi Sunak has caved into Boris Johnson’s demands and chosen to reward them with honours. 1 day ago &0183 &32 Boris Johnson deliberately misled UK Parliament over Covid lockdown breaches, inquiry finds At the time the UK had rules that changed based on infection rates in local areas. ‘The Tories think it’s one rule for them and one rule for everyone else. ‘Revellers at this lockdown Tory booze up openly mocked the rules the British people followed, she said.

To Labour deputy Angela Rayner, the video footage of the get-together was a ‘sickening insult’ to a country still reeling from the years-long pandemic. The Covid inquiry’s verdict already seems to be in: we should’ve locked down even harder Judging by its first week of hearings, it is going to fail in its duty to weigh up whether shutting. With no police action taken, this all but cleared the path for Bailey to become a peer, one among a long list of Johnson allies set to join the unelected House of Lords.
