A ‘Christmas rave’ that is supposedly happening at Downing Street has had more than 200,000 people on Facebook confirm they are attending, in a further mockery of the government’s response to the growing scandal inside Number 10.
The event, which has been organised by DJ Jon Mancini, says in its description: “MASSIVE RAVE AT 10 DOWNING STREET. LINE UP. BORIS JOHNSTON & CHUMS. No social distancing required. Bring Who you like. Bring your own Nibbles and drink.”
🚨 | NEW: A Christmas rave is being organised at 10 Downing Street on Facebook - 123,000 people have already said they’re going or are interested pic.twitter.com/NOV70GQVId
— News For All (@NewsForAllUK) December 8, 2021
The ‘rave’ which is set for 6pm on Christmas Eve has so far had more than 216,000 Facebook users confirm that they are attending with more than 316,000 registering their interest in the party.
Obviously, this is a very clever skewering of the controversy surrounding the alleged Downing Street party that is said to have taken place last December while London was in a tier 3 lockdown, when people were prevented from attending large indoor gatherings.
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For around a week or so, the government denied that the party ever happened and even if it did, that Covid rules were followed.
However, on Tuesday evening, ITV News broke footage that was reportedly recorded just days after the party was said to have taken place on December 18th.
In the clip several Downing Street staffers, including the now-former press secretary Allegra Stratton, are seen laughing and joking about the party taking place and admitting that there was cheese and wine and no social distancing before adding that it was “a business meeting”.
Stratton, who resigned from her position in government on Wednesday following the backlash to the video, did tell her former colleague Ed Oldfield, an advisor to the prime minister, that she “went home”.
During PMQs on Wednesday, Boris Johnson said that an investigation into the party will be carried out by the cabinet secretary Simon Case, but Number 10 said he would only investigate one party, despite there being reports of several government parties happening last December.
However, Johnson later suggested during a press conference that Mr Case could go further than just reviewing the events of December 18 and “look at other things”.
The Met Police has confirmed that it will not investigate the party based on an “absence of evidence”.
