Party At No 10

[smurfchops]

How many police were guarding Downing St when the Christmas Party was in full swing …. We’re they deaf and blind? Cover up as usual.

[naomi24]

Untitled, these people worked together. They were not mixing with people outside their 'bubble'. How difficult is that to understand?

[pixie374]

I don't think it worked that way? Last Christmas, I remember working with my sister and daughter in the morning, but we knew we weren't allowed to sit at the same table together. I remember saying it last year. And nobody contradicted that then.

[Ken4155]

If all it was was a group of office colleagues sharing a few drinks and a sandwich or two after work, fine. So why the constant denials from Johnson? Why the need for the get together to have been organised via WhatsApp? Unless, of course, people from other departments were invited??

[pixie374]

I can't remember the "rules" at that point. Are you sure, it wasn't just one person in your "bubble" outside the household?

[bednobs]

one presumes in order to bring sandwiches and wine for a get together after work and arrange to stay late it has to be organised ken.

[Untitled]

London was in tier 3 restrictions at the time... which would have prohibited the gathering from taking place...

[Canary42]

To blithely dismiss it as a party bash is to miss the entire point (deliberately of course) - it was a flagrant breaking of the law by Downing Street - now if you're happy with one law for them and one for us then fine - but if you believe in Law and Order (a popular Tory claim) then it has enormous implications - that's why it won't be brushed under the carpet as Tory Supporters long for.

[vulcan42]

As far as I understand Boris Johnson wasn't there when it happened and considering there are nearly 100 rooms in 10 Downing street, He might not have known about even if he was there.

[gulliver1]

Boris found wandering around the gardens at no 10. singing.
...........It's my party and I'll Lie if I want to..Lie if I want to.....
...........You would lie to if it happened to you......

[Untitled]

"As far as I understand Boris Johnson wasn't there when it happened and considering there are nearly 100 rooms in 10 Downing street, He might not have known about even if he was there."

the december 18th party is not the only one alleged to have happened... it's also alleged that there was another one at which Johnson turned up and gave a speech... I think that one was on the 10th but haven't checked.

[gulliver1]

Perhaps Boris didn't know he was at a party and it was just the usual daily routine at no 10.......lol.

[maggiebee]

How do you know when BoJo is lying? He opens his mouth.

[naomi24]

I think lockdown last year came in on Boxing Day.

[bobbinwales]

//Last Christmas, I remember working with my sister and daughter in the morning, but we knew we weren't allowed to sit at the same table together.//
Do you mean you weren't allowed to sit together while you were at work?
If you mean later that day at one of your houses thats a different matter. Loads of people could of used that to justify houseparties- I could of invited a dozen friends round on the basis that I'd worked with them in the morning or theyd been shopping in my shop and talking to me

[Peter Pedant]

// They were not mixing with people outside their 'bubble'. How difficult is that to understand?//

yeah - they were all mixing in the westminster bubble hur hur hur
not difficult to understand at all

[Peter Pedant]

The spite over some party goer going on with the party whilst telling the proles they must stay in their single occupancy cells, is unbelievable
and corrosive,
cheapening the feelings towards fellow men

[housebuyer]

"Untitled, these people worked together. They were not mixing with people outside their 'bubble'. How difficult is that to understand?"

Naomi, it may not be difficult to understand but it's incorrect and also irrelevant. The rule at the time was ""no mixing of households indoors, or most outdoor places, apart from support bubbles."

If what is being reported is true then there may have been up to 40 people at the party (including at least one senior member of government) and some of those in attendance were not even staff. This would not have been a support bubble and they didn't all work together.

I don't think anybody would care that a group of colleagues met up for a few drinks after work had it not been for the fact that this particular group were responsible for telling us that we must not do the same thing and we would be fined thousands of pounds if we did. Under the same set of rules people were also prevented from visiting dying relatives in hospitals, limits were put on the number of people who could attend funerals etc.

This issue isn't about people having a drink after work. This is about the sheer hypocrisy of the government and the way that they appear to treat the general public with disdain.

[anneasquith]

Many abers moaning about the amount of posts re Boris and the party. Just ignore them !!!

[naomi24]

Housebuyer, I haven't seen reports of non-staff members being there but I imagine IF a senior member of government attended he/she would have been head of the department, and hence working with them. The rules relating to hospitals and funerals is an entirely different issue and using it to score points to bolster anti-government sentiment is scraping the barrel.

I know people have issues with what they see as the government holding the public in disdain but I don't share that view. A reality check coupled with a little common sense wouldn't go amiss. This, like much of what the government is criticised for, is nothing but an overblown fuss……in my opinion.

[Spicerack]

imo, you're wasting all this loyalty on creatures that don't deserve any, Naomi. They had 5 parties while plebs who stepped ever so slightly over their fatuous Covid rules were arrested (and continually scolded)
6 months ago they were all boasting about how much Class A they could put away. Last week they needed a JCB and a dump-truck to clear the residue of Coke in areas of the Commons only they could access. This week, they're going to crack down on middle-class(white) users to stop black crims killing each other.
How many more scandals will you defend?
Labour will never win an election. Let's turf these self-serving grifters out and install a populist party/coalition.